The multiple faces of practical wisdom in complex clinical practices: An empirical exploration.

Rationale, Aims, And Objectives: In recent publications, attention has been drawn to the importance of practical wisdom in order to ensure good, individually attuned care in complex clinical practices. However, what remains insufficiently elucidated is how practical wisdom emerges in the workplace. This study aims to describe manifestations of practical wisdom in medical practices within a general hospital.

Self-report questionnaire for measuring presence: development and initial validation.

Background: The concept of 'presence' appears frequently in the literature and seems to be a highly relevant concept in discussing and evaluating quality of relations in healthcare practices. However, no existing self-report measure of presence for health professionals was found.

Purpose: The purpose of this study was (i) to develop a self-report questionnaire for measuring presence and (ii) to conduct initial psychometric testing of the questionnaire.

Demarcation of the ethics of care as a discipline: discussion article.

This article aims to initiate a discussion on the demarcation of the ethics of care. This discussion is necessary because the ethics of care evolves by making use of insights from varying disciplines. As this involves the risk of contamination of the care ethical discipline, the challenge for care ethical scholars is to ensure to retain a distinct care ethical perspective.