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The Beneficence of Hope: Findings from a Qualitative Study with Gout and Diabetes Patients
JournalArticle (Originalarbeit in einer wissenschaftlichen Zeitschrift)
 
ID 4478976
Author(s) Wienand, Isabelle; Rakic, Milenko; Shaw, David; Elger, Bernice S.
Author(s) at UniBasel Wienand Madelon, Isabelle Marie-Odile
Rakic, Milenko
Elger, Bernice Simone
Shaw, David
Year 2018
Title The Beneficence of Hope: Findings from a Qualitative Study with Gout and Diabetes Patients
Journal Journal of Bioethical Inquiry
Volume 15
Number 2
Pages / Article-Number 211-218
Abstract This paper explores the importance of hope as a determining factor for patients to participate in first-in-human trials for synthetic biology therapies. This paper focuses on different aspects of hope in the context of human health and well-being and explores the varieties of hope expressed by patients. The research findings are based on interview data collected from stable gout and diabetes patients. Three concepts of hope have emerged from the interviews: hope as certainty (H1); hope as reflective uncertainty (H2); hope as self-therapy (H3). The purpose of the paper is twofold. First, it aims to underline the significance of hope in patients' medical decision-making, as well as the beneficence of hope for patients' well-being, and for progress in research. Second, it shows how philosophical investigations-in particular Descartes-explore the phenomenon of hope and provide medical empirical research with profitable insights and tools.
Publisher Springer
ISSN/ISBN 1176-7529 ; 1872-4353
edoc-URL https://edoc.unibas.ch/63969/
Full Text on edoc No
Digital Object Identifier DOI 10.1007/s11673-018-9853-x
ISI-Number WOS:000438648400006
Document type (ISI) Article
 
   

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