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A patient‐oriented perspective in existential issues: a theoretical argument for applying Peplau's interpersonal relation model in healthcare science and practice
Author(s) -
Nyström Maria
Publication year - 2007
Publication title -
scandinavian journal of caring sciences
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.678
H-Index - 66
eISSN - 1471-6712
pISSN - 0283-9318
DOI - 10.1111/j.1471-6712.2007.00467.x
Subject(s) - existentialism , psychodynamics , psychology , epistemology , relation (database) , interpersonal communication , nursing theory , health care , psychotherapist , argument (complex analysis) , sociology , psychoanalysis , nursing , social psychology , philosophy , medicine , computer science , medline , database , political science , law , economics , economic growth
Since Hildegard Peplau's interpersonal relation model for psychodynamic nursing, in the 1950s, many theories about humanity have been expanded in the discipline of nursing. For this purpose Rosemarie Rizzo Parse, for example, synthesized principles and concepts from Martha Rogers with existential phenomenology, when she introduced the idea of a simultaneity paradigm as unique for the discipline of nursing in opposition to Peplau's psychodynamic model. The aim of this paper is to discuss borrowed theories in relation to the efforts to find a unique theoretical foundation for healthcare science and practice. It is suggested that Parse's division in a totality vs. a simultaneity paradigm is an artificial distinction. The discussion is concluded with reflections about Peplau's interpersonal relation model, a patient‐oriented perspective and psychodynamic theory, as example of a theory, which may help to further understand patients’ existential situation.