The essence of care in health vulnerability: a Heideggerian construction

• Main Authors: Virna Ribeiro Feitosa Cestari (Author), Thereza Maria Magalhães Moreira (Author), Vera Lúcia Mendes de Paula Pessoa (Author), Raquel Sampaio Florêncio (Author), Maria Rocineide Ferreira da Silva (Author), Raimundo Augusto Martins Torres (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Associação Brasileira de Enfermagem.
• Subjects: article
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Summary

ABSTRACT Objective: Reflect on the essence of care in health vulnerability from the phenomenological perspective of Martin Heidegger. Method: Theoretical-reflexive study, anchored in three essential parts: 1) Care in Heidegger; 2) The essence of care in health vulnerability; And 3) Nursing care actions on health vulnerability. Results: Vulnerability must be recognized as an indelible trait of the human condition and has its constituents in the human being, co-presence and care. Caring is an interactive process that reveals itself in the relationship with the other. Respecting the integrity of the Being in vulnerability must be a priority in nursing care, through behaviors that privilege the Being. Conclusion: Understanding ontological care and its relation to vulnerability under Heidegger's phenomenological view allowed us to uncover the facets of care in health vulnerability by adding to the nursing knowledge body a comprehensive and reflective perspective.

Item Description

1984-0446
10.1590/0034-7167-2016-0570