Vulnerability: A conceptual model applied to perinatal and neonatal nursing

Lessick, Mira; Woodring, Barbara C.; Naber, Sarah; Halstead, Lois

doi:10.1097/00005237-199212000-00003

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“…1992 ). The etic perspective has persisted in nursing (see Lessick et al 1992 , Rogers 1997) despite recognition that arbitrary boundaries between person and environment do not facilitate investigation of their interrelationships. There is a tendency to ‘blame the victim’ rather than the social structures creating or maintaining situations in which persons are vulnerable ( Stevens et al .…”

Section: Etic Perceptions Of Vulnerabilitymentioning

confidence: 99%

“…It is assumed that risk is quantitative and can be placed on a scale. There is a normatively defined threshold beyond which the individual has a greater likelihood of developing health‐related deficits ( Lessick et al . 1992 ).…”

Section: Etic Perceptions Of Vulnerabilitymentioning

confidence: 99%

“…1992 ). Defined as relative risk , vulnerability is located within an epidemiological framework that is largely driven by biomedical views of pathology and illness ( Lessick et al . 1992 ).…”

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confidence: 99%

“…Behaviour that is functionally effective indicates that the person is successful in adjusting to the environment. Ineffective behaviours point to an imbalance in assets and liabilities ( Lessick et al . 1992 ).…”

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New perspectives on vulnerability using emic and etic approaches

Spiers

2000

Journal of Advanced Nursing

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New perspectives on vulnerability using emic and etic approaches The concept of vulnerability has not been developed theoretically from a nursing perspective. It has been viewed epidemiologically as population-based relative risk with little consideration of its experiential qualities. The purpose of this paper is to analyse critically the use of the term vulnerability using elements of concept clarification and a critical literature review. A new perspective of vulnerability is offered based on differentiating between the concepts of risk and experience. Risk consists of assumptions from etic or external evaluation of relative danger while lived experience informs an emic or personal interpretation. Assumptions related to the etic view include normative social values, objective harm and endangerment, and social sanction for intervention. An emic view of vulnerability is based on experiential perception of challenge to personal integrity and the universal and mutual nature of the phenomenon. Questions about the evaluation of harm, potential for growth, subjectivity and objectivity, social sanction and capacity for action, can help clarify the range between these two dimensions.

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Section: Etic Perceptions Of Vulnerabilitymentioning

confidence: 99%

Section: Etic Perceptions Of Vulnerabilitymentioning

confidence: 99%

Section: Etic Perceptions Of Vulnerabilitymentioning

confidence: 99%

Section: Etic Perceptions Of Vulnerabilitymentioning

confidence: 99%

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New perspectives on vulnerability using emic and etic approaches

Spiers

2000

Journal of Advanced Nursing

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159

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“…More recently, there are studies in the perspective of advocacy (18) and ethics (19) . Each person is admitted to have a vulnerability threshold which, when crossed, results in falling ill (20) .…”

Section: The Utilization Of the Vulnerability Concept And The Contribmentioning

confidence: 99%