Why Do You Make Me Look? An Autoethnographic Exploration of Practitioner’s Distress Working Vocationally in Dementia Care
Many health practitioners undertake their work with a sense of vocation that reflects faith and values, providing underpinning purpose and meaning in their work. Despite this positive motivational factor, encountering aspects of human suffering and particularly situations where people in systems of...
| Subtitles: | Theology and Mental Health: New Perspectives and Dialogues |
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| Format: | Electronic Article |
| Language: | English |
| Check availability: | HBZ Gateway |
| Interlibrary Loan: | Interlibrary Loan for the Fachinformationsdienste (Specialized Information Services in Germany) |
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2025
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| In: |
Journal of disability & religion
Year: 2025, Volume: 29, Issue: 2, Pages: 203-216 |
| Further subjects: | B
vicarious trauma
B Moral Distress B Vocation B Dementia |
| Online Access: |
Volltext (lizenzpflichtig) |
| Summary: | Many health practitioners undertake their work with a sense of vocation that reflects faith and values, providing underpinning purpose and meaning in their work. Despite this positive motivational factor, encountering aspects of human suffering and particularly situations where people in systems of care are treated in ways that lack dignity, quality and kindness, or are harmed, can be a cause of distress for practitioners. This article uses evocative autoethnography to explore the experience of practitioners working in dementia care and considers the impact of vicarious trauma and moral distress, drawing hope by reflecting on connections to biblical insights. |
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| ISSN: | 2331-253X |
| Contains: | Enthalten in: Journal of disability & religion
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| Persistent identifiers: | DOI: 10.1080/23312521.2024.2441446 |
