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The dying person: an existential being until the end of life
Author(s) -
Lavoie Mireille,
Blondeau Danielle,
De Koninck Thomas
Publication year - 2008
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.2008.00347.x
Subject(s) - existentialism , perspective (graphical) , humanism , nursing , end of life care , human being , terminal care , terminally ill , psychology , humanistic psychology , psychoanalysis , palliative care , medicine , epistemology , philosophy , law , political science , humanity , artificial intelligence , computer science
This article explores the experience of death from the perspective of existential philosophy, for the purpose of finding ways to humanize end‐of‐life nursing care. A person in his or her final days is seen by the caregiver as a being seeking the continual creation of his human becoming, from the experience of sickness to death. From the moment the torment of suffering begins, a person needs a presence of humanistic professionalism that embraces the values of the nursing profession.