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

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A narrative ethics of care.

Jens Erik Paulsen¹

¹Section for Medical Ethics, Department of General Practice and Community Medicine, University of Oslo, PO Box 1130, Blindern, 0318 Oslo, Norway. jenserikpaulsen@hotmail.com

Health Care Analysis : HCA : Journal of Health Philosophy and Policy

|December 15, 2010

Summary

Narrativity is fundamental to the ethics of care, enhancing our understanding of relationships and moral problems. This narrative approach offers deeper insights than traditional ethical theories.

Area of Science:

Philosophy
Ethics
Moral Psychology

Background:

Ethics of care emphasizes relationships, attentiveness, and understanding individuals.
Narrative elements are often implicit in caring practices.

Purpose of the Study:

To establish narrativity as a core component of the ethics of care.
To demonstrate the analytical advantages of a narrative ethics of care.

Main Methods:

Conceptual analysis of the relationship between care and narrative.
Illustrative case study applying narrative ethics of care to a moral problem.

Main Results:

Narrativity is intrinsically linked to the ethics of care.
A narrative ethics of care can provide superior discernment of moral issues compared to standard theories.

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Conclusions:

The study posits narrativity as native to the ethics of care.
A narrative framework offers a more nuanced approach to understanding and resolving moral dilemmas in care contexts.