title: Art as measure: nursing as safeguarding.
abstract: In this paper I explore the possibilities of nursing as safeguarding through a phenomenological description of a small sculpture by the German artist Käthe Kollwitz. My discussion will be grounded in Heidegger's understanding of technicity as a pervasive systematizing and aggressive challenging-out. The method is grounded in Merleau-Ponty's and Heidegger's contention that strong artworks are truth-disclosing and show up our precognitive contact with the world. Bringing nursing concerns to an encounter with single strong artworks can help us cultivate a more receptive openness to our patients.
authors.affiliation: Faculty of Nursing, University of Toronto, Toronto, Canada. f.wynn@utoronto.ca
authors.forename: Francine
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Wynn
mesh_terms: D004645:Empathy; D049673:History, 20th Century; D006801:Humans; D008512:Medicine in the Arts; D016294:Models, Nursing; D024802:Nurse's Role / Q000266:history*; D009723:Nurse-Patient Relations; D015404:Nursing Methodology Research; D009736:Nursing Process / Q000266:history; D010687:Philosophy, Nursing / Q000266:history*; D012613:Sculpture / Q000266:history*; D018454:Spouses / Q000266:history; D013727:Terminal Care / Q000266:history*