Professional caregivers' work with the dying in nursing homes - a Foucault-inspired analysis of discourses in the last decade in a Danish context.
Författare
Summary, in English
International studies on the death of elderly nursing home residents show the complexity in the understanding of the professionals who care for the dying. The aim of this study is to explore the discourses about professional caregivers caring for those dying in Denmark in the last decade. A discourse analysis inspired by Foucault was constructed. The material consists of different source documents: research articles, newspaper articles, theses, books, websites - 35 sources in total. There are constructed six positions of speech, five discourses and three themes: (1) 'the work of the professional caregivers - a complex low-status work'; (2) 'the education of the professionals - the way to ensure a good death or possessing the right qualifications' and (3) 'the vulnerable professionals'. The study concludes that an economical/political discourse is dominating and sets up the frames within which the professionals care for dying residents, although the medical, the social/critical and the religious discourses attempt to speak against it. All positions articulate that the professional caregivers' job has a low status and that it is not possible to provide an optimal care due to lack of time, resources and education. Psychical or mental demands make the professionals vulnerable. The meaning of optimal care varies according to the positions of speech
Publiceringsår
2013
Språk
Engelska
Sidor
983-993
Publikation/Tidskrift/Serie
Scandinavian Journal of Caring Sciences
Volym
27
Issue
4
Länkar
- Publication in Lund University research portal
- http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed?term=Professional%20caregivers%20work%20with%20the%20dying%20in%20nursing%20homes%20-a%20Foucault%20inspired%20analysis%20of%20discourses%20in%20last%20decade%20in%20a%20Danish%20context.
- http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/scs.12021
Dokumenttyp
Artikel i tidskrift
Förlag
Wiley-Blackwell
Ämne
- Nursing
Nyckelord
- terminal care
- nursing homes
- Denmark
- health professionals
- discourse analysis
Status
Published
Forskningsgrupp
- Integrative Health Research
ISBN/ISSN/Övrigt
- ISSN: 1471-6712