Critical Thinking in African American Mothers Who Care for Adult Children with HIV

A Cultural Analysis

Bibliographic Data

ID19463370
AuthorsJoyceen S Boyle (Medical College of Georgia), Sheila M Bunting (Medical College of Georgia), Donna R Hodnicki (Georgia Southern University), Jim A Ferrell (University of South Carolina, Spartanburg)
Year2001
Volume12
Issue3
Pages193-202
Publication date2001-07-01
Open AccessYes
TypeARTICLE
VenueJournal of Transcultural Nursing (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 1043-6596 • E-ISSN: 1552-7832
PublisherSAGE Publications (PUBLISHER • US)
DOI10.1177/104365960101200303
PMID11989034
OpenAlexW2148128836
LanguageEN
Citations received2
References cited11

This research study defines critical thinking in nursing and examines the thinking processes revealed by 15 African American mothers who are caregivers to adult children with HIV. The purpose of this cultural analysis was to compare the mothers’ decision-making processes with their critical-thinking processes. Their culture, heritage, faith, and value of family influenced caregivers in this study. Their testimony revealed the patterns of creating a different path of care, weaving together resources, choosing among negative alternatives, and selecting stories to tell. Mothers’ decisions were based on complex and holistic knowledge of their situations and culture and could be termed multilogical, a type of thinking considered necessary for managing complex situations. Health providers can benefit from an understanding of these decision-making processes

Critical thinking · Cultural competence · Developmental psychology · Epistemology · Faith · Family medicine · Health care · Pedagogy · Sociology · Transcultural nursing · Education and Critical Thinking Development · Family and Disability Support Research · Family and Patient Care in Intensive Care Units · Medicine · Nursing · Psychology · Social Psychology

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