Hermeneutics and health: reflections on the thinking of Hans-Georg Gadamer

Authors

  • Janieiry Lima de Araújo Universidade do Estado do Rio Grande do Norte; Campus Avançado Professora Maria Elisa de Albuquerque; Curso de Enfermagem
  • Elisabete Pimenta Araujo Paz Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro; Escola de Enfermagem Anna Nery; Departamento de Enfermagem em Saúde Pública
  • Thereza Maria Magalhães Moreira Universidade Estadual do Ceará; Programas de Pós-Graduação em Cuidados Clínicos em Saúde e em Saúde Pública

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.1590/S0080-62342012000100027

Keywords:

Delivery of health care, Nursing care, Philosophy, nursing

Abstract

This article has as its objective the desire to contribute to nursing practice with the use of Gadamer's hermeneutics. It reflects on the incorporation of the conceptual paradigm of health, care and therapeutic dialogue. In the first section the article discusses the Gadamerian concepts of the work Truth and Method, the hermeneutics philosophy proposed by the philosopher, and it concludes with the articulation of the health concept presented in the work The Hidden Character of Health, which proposes care mediated by therapeutic dialogue and its use by nursing professionals.

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Published

2012-02-01

Issue

Vol. 46 No. 1 (2012)

Section

Estudo Teórico

License

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This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0 International License.

How to Cite

Araújo, J. L. de, Paz, E. P. A., & Moreira, T. M. M. (2012). Hermeneutics and health: reflections on the thinking of Hans-Georg Gadamer. Revista Da Escola De Enfermagem Da USP, 46(1), 200-207. https://doi.org/10.1590/S0080-62342012000100027