Have They Done what They Should? Moral Reasoning in the Context of Translating Older Persons' Everyday Problems into Eligible Needs for Home Modification Services

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ID2288486
AutoresKarin Johansson (0000-0003-3695-9304, Department of NVS Karolinska Institutet, autor correspondente)
Ano2013
Volume27
Fascículo3
Páginas414-433
Data de publicação2013-09-01
Peer ReviewedSim
Open AccessSim
TipoARTICLE
PeriódicoMedical Anthropology Quarterly (JOURNAL)
Identificadores do periódicoISSN: 0745-5194 • E-ISSN: 1548-1387
EditoraWiley (PUBLISHER • GB)
DOI10.1111/maq.12053
PMID24123293
OpenAlexW1837554457
IdiomaEN
Citações recebidas6
Referências citadas34

This study explores how moral reasoning is expressed in matching health care with the problems older persons experience in their everyday life. Narrative data were collected from older persons who had applied for home modification services and from professionals involved in these services in Sweden. A theoretical framework, based on theories on the anthropology of morals, was applied to explore how the participants made conclusions about "what should be done." Moral reasoning was found to be guided by ideologies related to the historical and cultural context of the Swedish welfare state. Different interpretations of how these values should be expressed in specific situations led to different conclusions about what should be done. The study highlights the importance of understanding how values are enacted rather than what values different social agents have in order to understand how health care services can be designed and provided to support older persons' everyday life

Context (archaeology · Epistemology · Everyday life · Ideology · Matching (statistics · Narrative · Social Welfare · Sociology · Ethics in medical practice · Medicine · Patient Dignity and Privacy · Psychology · Social Psychology · Social Science and Policy Research