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Using Visual and Narrative Methods to Achieve Fair Process in Clinical Care

Using Visual and Narrative Methods to Achieve Fair Process in Clinical Care

Published on: February 16, 2011

Moral deliberation in psychiatric nursing practice.

Tineke A Abma¹, Guy A M Widdershoven

¹Department of Healthcare Ethics and Philosophy, University of Maastricht, The Netherlands. T.abma@ZW.unimaas.nl

|September 12, 2006

Summary

The CARE (Considerations, Actions, Reasons, Experiences) model effectively structures moral deliberation in psychiatric nursing. This framework, combined with narrative and dialogue, enhances ethical discussions among stakeholders, including patients.

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Using Visual and Narrative Methods to Achieve Fair Process in Clinical Care

Using Visual and Narrative Methods to Achieve Fair Process in Clinical Care

Published on: February 16, 2011

Area of Science:

Nursing Ethics
Psychiatric Nursing
Moral Deliberation

Background:

Growing attention to moral deliberation in nursing ethics.
Development of various ethical conversation models.
Need for structured frameworks in psychiatric nursing.

Purpose of the Study:

To explore the feasibility of the CARE (Considerations, Actions, Reasons, Experiences) model.
To assess its utility as a framework for moral deliberation in psychiatric nursing.
To foster discourse on coercion in a mental hospital setting.

Main Methods:

Utilized the CARE model for moral deliberation.
Employed narrative and dialogical approaches.
Focused on discourse among stakeholders regarding coercion in a closed admission clinic.

Main Results:

The CARE model provides a substantial framework for structuring moral deliberations.
Narratives and dialogue broaden issues and engage diverse stakeholders.
Shared understandings were achieved through the facilitated discourse.

Conclusions:

The CARE model is a feasible and effective framework for moral deliberation in psychiatric nursing.
Narrative and dialogical methods enhance ethical discourse and stakeholder engagement.
The approach fosters shared understanding in complex ethical situations, such as coercion.