New Publication: Foucault at the bedside: a critical analysis of empowering a healthy lifestyle
co-author: Prof. Stijn Vanheule
Journal of Evaluation in Clinical Practice; doi: 10.111/jep.12329
Abstract:
Journal of Evaluation in Clinical Practice; doi: 10.111/jep.12329
Abstract:
Since quite
a few years, philosophy is heading towards the bedside of the patient: the
practice of philosophy has stepped out of its ivory tower, it seems, to deal
with empirical or practical questions. Apart from the advantages, we should
keep in mind the importance of a critical analysis of medical or clinical
practice as such. If ethics partakes the clinical stage, it runs the risk only
to discuss the how question and to forget the more fundamental what or why
questions: what are we doing exactly and why is it good for?
Starting
from the principle of the empowerment of the patient, we will demonstrate how
the discourse on empowerment in health care, seems to forget a profound
reflection upon this principle as such. By rehearsing some basics from the
governmentality theory of Michel Foucault and the actualization of it by
Nicolas Rose, we will argue how philosophical investigation in medical-ethical
evolutions such as empowerment of the patient, is still needed to understand
what is really going on in today’s clinical practice.
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