The Lesson of Sleeping Beauty : Person-Centred Care for the Unconscious, Unresponsive ICU Patient in the Face of Levinas' Radical Alterity
Recent Publication
Theresa Clement BSc MSc and Dr. Hanna Mayer, co-authors from the Division of Nursing Science with a focus on Person-Centred Care Research, address the question of how person-centred care is also possible for unconscious and unresponsive intensive care patients in a recent publication. As central characteristics of personhood - such as consciousness and communication - are not fulfilled in such situations, the implementation of person-centred approaches becomes a challenge. Together with their team, they draw on Emmanuel Levinas' ethics of radical otherness to open up new perspectives for dealing with these patients.
Clement, T., Zeillinger, P. A., Mayer, H., & McCormack, B. (2025). The Lesson of Sleeping Beauty: Person-Centred Care for the Unconscious, Unresponsive ICU Patient in the Face of Levinas' Radical Alterity. Nursing philosophy : an international journal for healthcare professionals, 26(2), e70022. https://doi.org/10.1111/nup.70022
Theresa Clement BSc MSc
Scientific Staff (PreDoc)
Department of Nursing Science with focus on Person-Centred Care Research
Univ.-Prof. Mag. Dr. Hanna Mayer
Head of
Department of Nursing Science with focus on Person-Centred Care Research