Revista de Enfermagem Referência
ISSN 0874-0283 ISSN 2182-2883
TISOTT, Zaira Letícia; NASI, Cintia BARROSO, Tereza. The contributions of Alfred Schutz’s theory of Social Phenomenology to mental health nursing care. []. , serVI, 2, 1, e21126. 15--2023. ISSN 0874-0283. https://doi.org/10.12707/rv21126.
Background:
Nursing care is essential for the social relationship between mental health professionals and patients.
Objective:
This study aims to reflect on the contributions of Alfred Schutz’s theory of Social Phenomenology to developing mental health nursing care.
Main topics under analysis:
Mental health nursing care is based on understanding the other as a unique being in the “life-world”. The direct social relationship established between nurses and patients, resulting from their shared and immediate connection, is essential to providing mental health care.
Conclusion:
Alfred Schutz’s theory of Social Phenomenology promotes the Ego’s reflection as a caregiver and understanding of the “other self” as beings integrated into the “social world” and mediated by direct social relationships.
: nursing care; mental health; philosophy; sociology.