Nursing presence, although it involves action at times, is a humanitarian quality of relating to a patient that is known to have powerful and positive implications for both nurse and patient. However, this phenomenon has not been well understood. Three theories, drawn from the work of Paul Ricoeur and Hans-Georg Gadamer, served as the boundaries for both data collection and analysis. The theori...

This paper uses the case of solo doctors to explore whether working in relative isolation from one's peers may be detrimental to ethical decision-making. Drawing upon the relevance of communication and interaction for ethical decision-making in the ethical theories of Habermas, Mead and Gadamer, it is argued that doctors benefit from ethical discussion with their peers and that solo practice ma...

El presente artículo expone algunos problemas abordados por Hans-Georg Gadamer sobre la universalidad de su hermenéutica filosófica a modo introducción misma. En una primera parte, se revisan los antecedentes históricos del llamado “giro lingüístico siglo xx”; después, en segunda analiza obra culmen Verdad y Método (1960). La ayuda autores secundarios como Jean Grondin resulta muy útil prólogo ...

Ab stract In this in tro duc tory ar ti cle to the vol ume of the South Af ri can Jour nal of Phi loso phy in trib ute of HansGeorg Gada mer, the author, first, makes a few re marks about the na ture of her me neu tics and Gadamer's views on the uni ver sal ity of the her me neu ti cal ex pe ri ence. This uni ver sal ity is, in par ticu lar, ex plained from the per spec tive of the “lin guis ti...

The professions of nursing and nurse education are currently experiencing a crisis of confidence, particularly in the UK, where the Francis Report and other recent reviews have highlighted a number of cases of nurses who no longer appear willing or able to 'care'. The popular press, along with some elements of the nursing profession, has placed the blame for these failures firmly on the academy...