Autonomy and professional responsibility in care for persons with intellectual disabilities
The meaning of autonomy in the context of care for persons with intellectual disabilities is clarified by a sketch of different views of the autos implied in autonomy. The dominating concept of autonomy is largely orientated toward realization of the self into a sovereign individual and toward an em...
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| Format: | Electronic Article |
| Language: | English |
| Check availability: | HBZ Gateway |
| Interlibrary Loan: | Interlibrary Loan for the Fachinformationsdienste (Specialized Information Services in Germany) |
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2001
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| In: |
Nursing philosophy
Year: 2001, Volume: 2, Issue: 3, Pages: 240-250 |
| Further subjects: | B
Dialogue
B Intellectual disability B Values B Autonomy B Professionalism B Life Story |
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| Summary: | The meaning of autonomy in the context of care for persons with intellectual disabilities is clarified by a sketch of different views of the autos implied in autonomy. The dominating concept of autonomy is largely orientated toward realization of the self into a sovereign individual and toward an emancipation that is aimed at freedom of choice and self determination. The concept of professional responsibility connected to this concept of autonomy has a technical-instrumental and contractual character. In an alternative view of the self as a ‘story’, authenticity and personal identity of both caregiver and care-receiver and their mutual relation are of central importance. Professional responsibility then takes on a dialogical character. This dialogical character includes, limits and transcends the valuable elements of the dominating concept of autonomy. |
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| ISSN: | 1466-769X |
| Contains: | Enthalten in: Nursing philosophy
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| Persistent identifiers: | DOI: 10.1046/j.1466-769X.2000.00065.x |
