A narrative approach to empirical nursing ethics research: uncovering the everyday moral knowledge of nurses

Texto & Contexto - Enfermagem

Elizabeth Peter²  Kirsten Martin¹ 

[1] ,University of Toronto Joint Centre for Bioethics Faculty of NursingOntario,Canada

关键词: Methods;    Ethics;    Feminism;    Nursing;    Métodos;    Ética;    Feminismo;    Enfermagem;    Métodos;    Ética;    Feminismo;    Enfermería;   

DOI  :  10.1590/S0104-07072007000400020

来源: SciELO

【 摘 要 】

In this paper we explore the use of Margaret Urban Walker's metaethical perspective, particularly the use of narratives, to inform the development of a research approach to uncover the everyday moral knowledge of nurses. A method based on Walker's work makes it possible to analyze the power dimensions inherent in nurses' moral experience, to ground a narrative approach to nursing ethics with a robust moral epistemology, and to differentiate different types of narratives. A number of analytic questions, which have their basis in Walker's work, are presented and are used to analyze a practice narrative written to illustrate how narratives can be used to draw out the moral knowledge of nurses within the context of their actual work.

【 授权许可】

CC BY   
 All the contents of this journal, except where otherwise noted, is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution License