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Koh: Nursing Philosophy: Rethinking Nurses’ Moral Dilemma and Self-cultivation from the Perspectives of Foucauldian Notions
Original Article

Perspectives in Nursing Science 2015;12(2):124-127.

Published online: 19 October 2015

DOI: https://doi.org/10.16952/pns.2015.12.2.124

Nursing Philosophy: Rethinking Nurses’ Moral Dilemma and Self-cultivation from the Perspectives of Foucauldian Notions

Eun Kang Koh

Associate Professor, School of Liberal Arts, Seoul National University of Science and Technology, Seoul, Korea

Corresponding author: Koh, Eun Kang School of Liberal Arts, Seoul National University of Science and Technology, 232 Gongneung-ro, Nowon-gu, Seoul 01811, Korea. Tel: +82-2-970-6256, Fax: +82-2-978-0573, E-mail: eunkangkoh@seoultech.ac.kr

Received 24 September 2015       Revised 30 September 2015       Accepted 30 September 2015

Copyright © 2015 The Research Institute of Nursing Science, Seoul National University

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Abstract

Purpose:

This article discusses nurses’ moral dilemma and self-cultivation from the Foucauldian viewpoint. Methods: The philosophical inquiry approach is utilized to analyze the nurses’ moral distress. Analyses are based on Foucauldian perspectives. Results: Foucault's codes of conduct comprising the mode of subjection and telos are discussed to explain nurses’ moral dilemma. The dual process of caring is also discussed. Conclusion: From dilemmatic experience, nurses practice self-formation or self-cultivation to become more virtuous, well-balanced, or integrated people. Such characteristics form the essence of nursing practice.

Keywords: Nursing philosophy, Foucault, Moral dilemma

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