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| Developing holistic care in the community: a study using narrative methodology | | Author(s) | Nigel Davison |
| Journal title | Health Care in Later Life, vol 1, no 3, August 1996 |
| Pages | pp 173-184 |
| Keywords | Health [elderly] ; Nursing ; District nurses ; United Kingdom. |
| Annotation | Holistic care, which addresses and encompasses the various dimensions of living, and the social, psychological and physical aspects of health, offers a new direction in developing services for older people in the United Kingdom (UK). Developing holistic practice, however, involves a significant change of philosophy of care. There are potential barriers to this development in the way that practitioners are educated, and in the way that their work is managed. This exploratory study examined the process of developing holistic practice in a group of professionals (district, or community, nurses) who have adopted holism at an `official' level. Examining their practice through an analysis of the ways in which these nurses construct narratives or stories about patients, however, suggests that this process involves a limited exploration or acknowledgement of the patient's experience, and interactions between nurses, patients and carers seem tightly focused around specific physical problems rather than encompassing and valuing a holistic approach to care. |
| Accession Number | CPA-980212214 A |
| Classmark | CC: LQ: QTG: 8 |
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