title: [Psychosocial nursing diagnosis: an interpretative-phenomenological perspective].
abstract: Nursing diagnoses and other nomenclatures of this kind belong to the category of technological knowledge, developed for the sake of domination (Scheler 1974-1928). Nomenclatures can be used as base for the recording of nursing services. However, the body of knowledge represented by nursing diagnoses cannot serve the profession as a foundation for clinical decision making nor as inspiration for professional conversations with patients. Selected psycho-social nursing diagnoses are critiqued by comparing them with the description of a patient's illness experiences.
authors.affiliation: Institut für Pflegeforschung des Schweizer Berufsverbands der Krankenschwestern und Krankenpfleger (SBK), Bern, Schweiz.
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authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Kesselring
mesh_terms: D006801:Humans; D009723:Nurse-Patient Relations; D009733:Nursing Diagnosis
vernacular_title: Psychosoziale Pflegediagnostik: Eine interpretativ-phänomenologische Perspektive.