{"title":"[Towards a notion of narrative from a care perspective].","authors":"Ón Scar Vergara","doi":"10.30444/CB.182","DOIUrl":null,"url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>The narrative phenomenon in bioethics is remarkably broad, and although some have spoken of a turn or a narrative era, it is not very clear, due to this broadness, exactly what it entails. This contribution attempts to highlight how a narratively well focused care perspective is qualified to enhance the level of freedom (and not only autonomy) by which the patient makes his or her decisions. To this end, an idea of narrative consistent with this perspective will first be outlined (ep. II). Then we will examine how illness can arouse a deep encounter of the patient with himself/herself, opening the way to a quest narrative, enabling him/her to integrate this traumatic experience into a new meaning horizon (ep. III). Finally, it is emphasized that the empowerment of the patient's freedom, through a, so to speak, narrative care, prevents abandoning the patient to his own autonomy, while limiting the need to interfere in his decisions (ep. IV).</p>","PeriodicalId":42510,"journal":{"name":"Cuadernos de Bioetica","volume":"36 116","pages":"13-27"},"PeriodicalIF":0.3000,"publicationDate":"2025-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":"0","resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":null,"PeriodicalName":"Cuadernos de Bioetica","FirstCategoryId":"1085","ListUrlMain":"https://doi.org/10.30444/CB.182","RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":null,"ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":null,"EPubDate":"","PubModel":"","JCR":"Q4","JCRName":"ETHICS","Score":null,"Total":0}
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Abstract
The narrative phenomenon in bioethics is remarkably broad, and although some have spoken of a turn or a narrative era, it is not very clear, due to this broadness, exactly what it entails. This contribution attempts to highlight how a narratively well focused care perspective is qualified to enhance the level of freedom (and not only autonomy) by which the patient makes his or her decisions. To this end, an idea of narrative consistent with this perspective will first be outlined (ep. II). Then we will examine how illness can arouse a deep encounter of the patient with himself/herself, opening the way to a quest narrative, enabling him/her to integrate this traumatic experience into a new meaning horizon (ep. III). Finally, it is emphasized that the empowerment of the patient's freedom, through a, so to speak, narrative care, prevents abandoning the patient to his own autonomy, while limiting the need to interfere in his decisions (ep. IV).
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La revista Cuadernos de Bioética, órgano oficial de la Asociación Española de Bioética y Ética Médica, publica cuatrimestralmente artículos y recensiones bibliográficas sobre todas las áreas de la bioética: fundamentación, ética de la investigación, bioética clínica, biojurídica, etc. Estos proceden de los aceptados en la revisión tutelada por los editores de la revista como de otros que por encargo el comité editorial solicite a sus autores. La edicion de la revista se financia con las aportaciones de los socios de AEBI.