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750The trouble with personhood and person‐centred careNursing Philosophy 23 (3). 2022.The phrase ‘person‐centred care’ (PCC) reminds us that the fundamental philosophical goal of caring for people is to uphold or promote their personhood. However, such an idea has translated into promoting individualist notions of autonomy, empowerment and personal responsibility in the context of consumerism and neoliberalism, which is problematic both conceptually and practically. From a conceptual standpoint, it ignores the fact that humans are social, historical and biographical beings, and i…Read more
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482Wicked Problems in a Post-truth Political Economy: A Dilemma for Knowledge TranslationHumanities and Social Sciences Communications 10 (280): 1-11. 2023.The discipline of knowledge translation (KT) emerged as a way of systematically understanding and addressing the challenges of applying health and medical research in practice. In light of ongoing and emerging critique of KT from the medical humanities and social sciences disciplines, KT researchers have become increasingly aware of the complexity of the translational process, particularly the significance of culture, tradition and values in how scientific evidence is understood and received, an…Read more
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455The Relational Care Framework: Promoting Continuity or Maintenance of Selfhood in Person-Centered CareJournal of Medicine and Philosophy (1): 85-101. 2023.We argue that contemporary conceptualizations of “persons” have failed to achieve the moral goals of “person-centred care” (PCC, a model of dementia care developed by Tom Kitwood) and that they are detrimental to those receiving care, their families, and practitioners of care. We draw a distinction between personhood and selfhood, pointing out that continuity or maintenance of the latter is what is really at stake in dementia care. We then demonstrate how our conceptualization, which is one that…Read more
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398The machine of caring: A book review of "Philosophy of Care" By Boris Groys (review)Nursing Philosophy 25 (1). 2024.
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295Care Depersonalized: The Risk of Infocratic “Personalised” Care and a Posthuman DystopiaAmerican Journal of Bioethics 23 (9): 89-91. 2023.Much of the discussion of the role of emerging technologies associated with AI, machine learning, digital simulacra, and relevant ethical considerations such as those discussed in the target article, take a relatively narrow and episodic view of a person’s healthcare needs. There is much speculation about diagnostic, treatment, and predictive applications but relatively little consideration of how such technologies might be used to address a person’s lived experience of illness and ongoing care …Read more
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235Altruistic surrogacy: the necessary objectification of surrogate mothersJournal of Medical Ethics 35 (3): 171-175. 2009.Next SectionOne of the major concerns about surrogacy is the potential harm that may be inflicted upon the surrogate mother and the child after relinquishment. Even if one were to take the liberal view that surrogacy should be presumptively allowed on the basis of autonomy and/or compassion, evidence of harm must be taken seriously. In this paper I review the evidence from psychological studies on the effect that relinquishing a child has on the surrogate mother and while it appears that many su…Read more
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50Care biography: A concept analysisNursing Philosophy 25 (3). 2024.In this article, we investigate how the concept of Care Biography and related concepts are understood and operationalised and describe how it can be applied to advancing our understanding and practice of holistic and person‐centred care. Walker and Avant's eight‐step concept analysis method was conducted involving multiple database searches, with potential or actual applications of Care Biography identified based on multiple discussions among all authors. Our findings demonstrate Care Biography …Read more
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47Self and Identity: An exploration of the development, constitution and breakdown of human selfhoodRoutledge: Taylor & Francis. 2022.What is a self? What does it mean to have selfhood? What is the relationship between selfhood and identity? These are puzzling questions that philosophers, psychologists, social scientists, and many other researchers often grapple with. Self and Identity is a book that explores and brings together relevant ideas on selfhood and identity, while also helping to clarify some important and long standing scientific and philosophical debates. It will enable readers to understand the difference between…Read more
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44Truth and diversion: Self and other-regarding lies in dementia careBioethics 35 (9): 857-863. 2021.When a person with dementia (PwD) makes a specific request or behaves in a particular way that is inappropriate or dangerous and based on a false understanding of reality, there is a particular technique that caregivers may use to try and manage the situation. The technique is known as ‘diversion’ and it works by affirming the false beliefs and behaviour of a PwD and creating the false impression that their specific request will be fulfilled. It may take the form of an explicit lie or any other …Read more