When nursing encountered phenomenology
Nursing first encountered phenomenology in the late 1970s. Kari Martinsen Nurse and philosopher Kari Martinsen, hailing from Norway, challenged the prevailing state of nursing in Europe, which was heavily centered around technology and tools. She highlighted the oversight of ‘caring’ in the healthcare system. Since her master’s thesis (Martinsen, 1975), spanning over 40 years, she has consistently infused phenomenology into nursing, dedicating herself to shaping the nursing knowledge within the field of care science. Kari Martinsen underscores that nurses, by embracing a phenomenological attitude in their practice, can discern the inner worth and dignity of patients, fostering authentic therapeutic relationships … Read more