Doing Dignity : Ethical Praxis and the Politics of Care / Christa Teston.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Teston, Christa, author.

Series:

Health communication series.

Health Communication Series

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Medical ethics.

Dignity.

Patients--Psychology.

Patients.

Physician and patient.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (196 pages)

Edition:

First edition.

Place of Publication:

Baltimore, Maryland : Johns Hopkins University Press, [2024]

Summary:

"This work provides an alternative perspective on human dignity through a care-taking lens"-- Provided by publisher.

"Explores human dignity and care in the face of disease and disability. Complex contemporary experiences with disease, death, and disability in the United States have made the concept of human dignity seem outdated. In Doing Dignity: Ethical Praxis and the Politics of Care, Christa Teston challenges conventional notions of dignity and, based on analyses of clinical observations, interviews, and focus groups, encourages a new understanding of care. This thought-provoking book presents a practice-based approach to human dignity through three compelling case studies: US health care professionals' COVID-19 caretaking experiences, legislative debates about medical aid in dying, and clinical interactions between wheelchair users and health care professionals. Teston demonstrates how dignity is not an abstract idea but rather is a set of practices embedded in the politics and complexities of care. Drawing from feminist care ethics, rhetorical theory, disability studies, and critical Black studies, Doing Dignity offers a fresh perspective on the moral underpinnings of modern-day medicine. Teston explores how health care professionals enact dignity despite the challenges of market-based medicine, the commodification of care, and shifting societal discourse on disease, dying, and disability. This book transcends philosophical debates and provides practical insights for both patients and practitioners. Without falling into sentimentality or hopelessness, Doing Dignity honors human vulnerability while revealing how situational factors influence the practice of dignified care"-- Provided by publisher.

Contents:

Cover

Half Title

Title

Copyright

Contents

Acknowledgments

1 Undoing Dignity

2 COVID-19 Caretaking: In/dignity at and beyond the Bedside

3 Death-with-Dignity's Biopolitical Topoi

4 Embodied Dignities in an Assistive Technology Clinic

5 Dignified Care as Ethical Praxis

Appendix A. Corpora Specifications for MAiD Testimony

Appendix B. Inventory of Data from the AT Clinic

Notes

References

Index.

Notes:

Description based on publisher supplied metadata and other sources.

Description based on print version record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

1-4214-4877-7