An overview of African philosophy and implications for nursing and midwifery practice: an African hermeneutic analysis
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| Article Title | An overview of African philosophy and implications for nursing and midwifery practice: an African hermeneutic analysis |
|---|---|
| ERA Journal ID | 13710 |
| Article Category | Article |
| Authors | Bayuo, Jonathan |
| Journal Title | Medicine Health Care and Philosophy |
| Number of Pages | 13 |
| Year | 2025 |
| Publisher | Springer |
| Place of Publication | Netherlands |
| ISSN | 1386-7423 |
| 1572-8633 | |
| Digital Object Identifier (DOI) | https://doi.org/10.1007/s11019-025-10298-z |
| Web Address (URL) | https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s11019-025-10298-z |
| Abstract | While nursing and midwifery have long drawn from Western and Eastern philosophies, the transformative potential of African philosophy remains only a recent phenomenon, perpetuating a gap in culturally grounded care paradigms. This scholarship addresses this lacuna by interrogating the nature of African philosophy and its implications for nursing and midwifery practice using an African hermeneutic approach. Six distinct approaches to defining African philosophy emerged. Across these schools, two unifying themes redefine core disciplinary concepts: communitarian personhood, which positions identity as a relational, moral achievement rather than an individual birthright; and holism, which interweaves physical, spiritual, social, and environmental well-being into an indivisible whole. |
| Keywords | African philosophy; Hermeneutics; Midwifery; Nursing |
| Contains Sensitive Content | Does not contain sensitive content |
| ANZSRC Field of Research 2020 | 500399. Philosophy not elsewhere classified |
| 420599. Nursing not elsewhere classified | |
| 420499. Midwifery not elsewhere classified | |
| Public Notes | Files associated with this item cannot be displayed due to copyright restrictions. |
| Byline Affiliations | School of Nursing and Midwifery |
| University of Health and Allied Sciences, Ghana |
https://research.usq.edu.au/item/1004zz/an-overview-of-african-philosophy-and-implications-for-nursing-and-midwifery-practice-an-african-hermeneutic-analysis
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