The humanization of healthcare: A value framework for qualitative research

Raising a beautiful swan: a phenomenological-hermeneutic interpretation of health professionals’ experiences of participating in a mealtime intervention inspired by Protected Mealtimes

“…Rigorous development both validated the intervention and secured its clinical relevance in the viewpoints of the health professionals handling the intervention. Furthermore, this study illustrates how qualitative research is particularly conducive for illuminating the complexity, depth, and range of interventions, relevant to more humanized forms of care (Ludvigsen et al, 2013; Tordres, Galvin, & Holloway, 2009). …”

Dehumanization as an Ethical Issue in the Health Services Sector

“…As such, health problems should not be emphasized, but their importance in a larger life world highlighted, and patients should be encouraged to remember they have a continuous life story that includes the past and future, not merely a life based only on the disease (Todres, Galvin, & Holloway, 2009). …”

“…An integrative approach that includes traditional, supplementary, and alternative medical methods, rather than overreductive causality in the diagnosis and treatment of disease, may decrease the mechanistic dehumanization of the current system (Todres et al, 2009). …”

“…For example, a caring environment in hospitals should be provided to ensure patients sense belonging, not separation. Furthermore, this environment should be constructed for the patients making them feel familiarity and peace, rather than feeling like strangers (Todres et al, 2009).…”

Facilitating Improvements in Interprofessional Pain Management

“…It is suggested that pain education should include an understanding of both physiological and psychological factors and the link between these and the various interventions [4]. We suggest these factors need to be considered within the context of the individual and with an understanding of what it is to be human [12]. This will enable professionals and pain sufferers to understand the context of the individual pain experience.…”