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- Title
DEATH IN NURSING HOME - A FOUCAULT INSPIRED ANALYSIS OF THE DISCOURSES OF DEATH AND CARING FOR THE DYING IN DANISH NURSING HOMES IN THIS MILLENNIUM.
- Authors
Nielsen KT; Glasdam S
- Abstract
Aim: The aim of this study is to explore the discourses of the death of elderly in nursing homes from a Danish perspective in this millennium. Methods: A discourse analysis inspired by Foucault was constructed. The material consists of an extensive range of source documents which includes studies of deaths in nursing homes, newspaper articles, theses, books etc.; 37 sources in total. Results and conclusion: Findings show that the medical discourse about death in nursing homes is the dominating and underlying discourse, although the caring and the social critical discourses attempt to speak against it. Professional caregivers have a self-representation as guardian angels and mostly talk from a religious discourse, but it is shown how the discourse is operationalized into the medical discourse. The economical/political discourse takes part in the death in nursing home by dictating standards and laws as well as making rational priorities which the death in nursing homes manifest itself.
- Publication
Nordic Journal of Nursing Research & Clinical Studies / Vård i Norden, 2011, Vol 31, Issue 1, p39
- ISSN
0107-4083
- Publication type
Journal Article