Patients longing for authentic personal care: A phenomenological study of violent encounters in psychiatric settings

This article focuses on patients' violence against caregivers. Several studies show that violence and threats within the health care setting are an increasing problem. Encounters that become violent have been the issue of many debates but the phenomenon is still not fully understood. It is important to understand the course of events in violent encounters, both for the sake of the patients and the caregivers' well-being. The aim of this study was to describe the essence of violent encounters, as experienced by nine patients within psychiatric care. Guided by a phenomenological method, data were analyzed within a reflective lifeworld approach. The findings explicate violent encounters characterized by a tension between "authentic personal" and "detached impersonal" caring. "Authentic personal" patients are encountered in an undisguised, straightforward, and open way, and they sense unrestricted respect that caregivers would show another human being. In these encounters violence does not develop well. However, in caring that is "detached impersonal," the encounters are experienced by the patients as uncontrolled and insecure. These encounters are full of risks and potential violence. Copyright © Taylor & Francis Group, LLC.

Dahlberg, Karin (author)
Ekebergh, MargarethaHögskolan i Borås,Institutionen för Vårdvetenskap(Swepub:hb)mke (author)
Dahlberg, Helena,1980Gothenburg University,Göteborgs universitet,Institutionen för idéhistoria och vetenskapsteori,Department of History of Ideas and Theory of Science(Swepub:gu)xdahel (author)
Högskolan i BoråsInstitutionen för Vårdvetenskap (creator_code:org_t)

In:Issues in Mental Health Nursing: Informa UK Limited27:3, s. 287-3050161-28401096-4673
In:Mental Health Nursing: Informa UK Limited27:3, s. 287-3051353-0283

By the author/editor: Carlsson, Gunill ...; Dahlberg, Karin; Ekebergh, Margar ...; Dahlberg, Helena ...

About the subject

MEDICAL AND HEALTH SCIENCES: MEDICAL AND HEAL ...; and Health Sciences; and Health Care Serv ...

Kungliga biblioteket hanterar dina personuppgifter i enlighet med EU:s dataskyddsförordning (2018), GDPR. Läs mer om hur det funkar här.
Så här hanterar KB dina uppgifter vid användning av denna tjänst.