Recognition in Professional Care
Year of publication
2021
Authors
Niemi, Petteri
Abstract
A recognitive attitude is an essential requirement for professional care. It is important from the perspective of ethics but also from the perspective of quality and efficiency of work. Users of social and health care services are often in a vulnerable position and dependent on their helpers. This asymmetry underlies the importance of respect, esteem and care. The professional helpers should respect the rights of their clients and patients, starting from the right to self-determination. If needed, the professional helpers should also support the self-esteem of their clients and patients. Significantly, the genuineness of care may be the decisive element that leads to recovery. However, the context of social and health care services involves some special challenges for recognition theory. For instance, what does respect for self-determination mean in the case of service users who have limited cognitive capacities? Finally, recognition theory is useful also on a macro level. For instance, we can conceptualize a gap in the service system as a form of misrecognition if it relates to vital needs for services of a marginal group.
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Publication type
Publication format
Article
Parent publication type
Compendium
Article type
Other article
Audience
ScientificPeer-reviewed
Peer-ReviewedMINEDU's publication type classification code
A3 Book section, Chapters in research booksPublication channel information
Parent publication name
Parent publication editors
Siep, Ludwig; Ikäheimo, Heikki; Quante, Michael
Publisher
Pages
405-411
ISBN
Publication forum
Publication forum level
1
Open access
Open access in the publisher’s service
No
Self-archived
No
Other information
Fields of science
Social policy; Philosophy
Keywords
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Publication country
Germany
Internationality of the publisher
International
Language
English
International co-publication
No
Co-publication with a company
No
DOI
10.1007/978-3-658-19558-8_62
The publication is included in the Ministry of Education and Culture’s Publication data collection
Yes