African philosophy and nursing: A potential twain that shall meet?
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Bayuo, Jonathan. 2024. "African philosophy and nursing: A potential twain that shall meet?
" Nursing Philosophy. 25 (1). https://doi.org/10.1111/nup.12472
| Article Title | African philosophy and nursing: A potential twain that shall meet? |
|---|---|
| ERA Journal ID | 14150 |
| Article Category | Article |
| Authors | Bayuo, Jonathan |
| Journal Title | Nursing Philosophy |
| Journal Citation | 25 (1) |
| Article Number | e12472 |
| Number of Pages | 4 |
| Year | 2024 |
| Publisher | John Wiley & Sons |
| Place of Publication | United Kingdom |
| ISSN | 1466-7681 |
| 1466-769X | |
| Digital Object Identifier (DOI) | https://doi.org/10.1111/nup.12472 |
| Web Address (URL) | https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/nup.12472 |
| Abstract | Undoubtedly, the discipline of nursing has been influenced extensively by both Western and Eastern/Asian philosophies. What remains unknown or, perhaps, poorly articulated is the potential influence of African philosophy on the onto-epistemology of nursing. As a starting point, this article sought to examine the core claims of African philosophy and how they may offer new meanings to the metaparadigm domains of interest in the discipline of nursing. At the core of African philosophy is the notion of personhood (which is distinguished from what it means to be a human being), community, solidarity, and relationality. A major claim of African philosophy is the notion that ‘a person is a person through persons’ which may mean that nursing will be relevant from the African philosophical perspective if it is able to attain this. Health and illness from the African philosophical perspective are defined relationally which shifts attention from the biomedical framework to holism and relational care. The sick ‘person’ is also distinguished from the sick ‘human being’ which has the potential of leading to exclusion from the African philosophical viewpoint. Put together, the African philosophical stance potentially extends the meaning of the metaparadigm domains of interest to the discipline of nursing which warrants further exploration. |
| Keywords | Nursing; African philosophy; epistemology; ontology |
| Contains Sensitive Content | Does not contain sensitive content |
| ANZSRC Field of Research 2020 | 500399. Philosophy not elsewhere classified |
| 420599. Nursing not elsewhere classified | |
| Public Notes | Files associated with this item cannot be displayed due to copyright restrictions. |
| Byline Affiliations | Hong Kong Polytechnic University, China |
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