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Art as measure: nursing as safeguarding 1
Author(s) -
Wynn Francine
Publication year - 2006
Publication title -
nursing philosophy
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.367
H-Index - 35
eISSN - 1466-769X
pISSN - 1466-7681
DOI - 10.1111/j.1466-769x.2006.00247.x
Subject(s) - safeguarding , sculpture , openness to experience , german , psychology , psychoanalysis , aesthetics , nursing , epistemology , art , visual arts , philosophy , social psychology , medicine , linguistics
In this paper I explore the possibilities of nursing as safeguarding through a phenomenological description of a small sculpture by the German artist Käthe Kollwitz. My discussion will be grounded in Heidegger's understanding of technicity as a pervasive systematizing and aggressive challenging‐out. The method is grounded in Merleau‐Ponty's and Heidegger's contention that strong artworks are truth‐disclosing and show up our precognitive contact with the world. Bringing nursing concerns to an encounter with single strong artworks can help us cultivate a more receptive openness to our patients.