Existential loneliness: An attempt at an analysis of the concept and the phenomenon

Nursing Ethics
Ingrid BolmsjöMargareta Rämgård

Abstract

According to ethical guidelines, healthcare professionals should be able to provide care that allows for the patients' values, customs and beliefs, and the existential issues that are communicated through them. One widely discussed issue is existential loneliness. However, much of the debate dealing with existential loneliness concludes that both the phenomenon and the concept are quite vague. To clarify what constitutes existential loneliness, and to describe its lived experiences. A further aim was to provide a definition of existential loneliness that can function as a tool for identifying the phenomenon and for differentiating it from other kinds of loneliness. A literature review including theoretical and empirical studies. Different search strategies were used to gather the articles included in the study. The analysis of the empirical studies had an interpretative approach. The articles were also analysed with the aim of providing a definition of existential loneliness. This was done by means of criteria such as language, uniqueness, theory and usefulness. This study is not empirical and does therefore not require an ethics review. The analysis resulted in two main characteristics. The first one was perceiving oneself as ...Continue Reading

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Oct 12, 2021·International Journal of Qualitative Studies on Health and Well-being·Catharina GillsjöIrene Eriksson

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