RT Article
T1 Autonomous Decision Making and Moral capacities
JF Nursing ethics
VO 16
IS 2
SP 203
OP 218
A1 Moser, Albine
A1 Houtepen, Rob
A1 van der Bruggen, Harry
A1 Spreeuwenberg, Cor
A1 Widdershoven, Guy
LA English
PB Sage
YR 2009
UL https://ixtheo.de/Record/1779446918
AB This article examines how people with type 2 diabetes perceive autonomous decision making and which moral capacities they consider important in diabetes nurses' support of autonomous decision making. Fifteen older adults with type 2 diabetes were interviewed in a nurse-led unit. First, the data were analysed using the grounded theory method. The participants described a variety of decision-making processes in the nurse and family care-giver context. Later, descriptions of the decision-making processes were analysed using hermeneutic text interpretation. We suggest first- and second-order moral capacities that nurses specializing in diabetes need to promote the autonomous decision making of their patients. We recommend nurses to engage in ongoing, interactive reflective practice to further develop these moral capacities.
K1 moral capacities
K1 Hermeneutics
K1 Grounded Theory
K1 diabetes specialist nurses
K1 Decision Making
K1 Autonomy
DO 10.1177/0969733008100080