ArticleHealthcare (Basel, Switzerland)2023
'Fleeing' as a Strategy for Navigating Resistance in Patient Encounters within Forensic Care.
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- Conduct and counter-conduct in everyday patient encounters: a foucauldian interpretation of nurses' lived experiences in forensic psychiatric inpatient care.International journal of qualitative studies on health and well-being · 2026Article
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- Navigating the ethical "space in-between" nurses' lived experiences in forensic inpatient care interpreted through Løgstrup's ethical philosophy.International journal of qualitative studies on health and well-being · 2025Article
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Abstract
The aim of this study was to describe the phenomenon of "fleeing the encounter when facing resistance" as experienced by carers working in forensic inpatient care. Qualitative analysis, namely reflective lifeworld research, was used to analyze data from open-ended questions with nine carers from a Swedish regional forensic clinic. The data revealed three meaning constituents that describe the phenomenon: shielding oneself from coming to harm or harming the other, finding one's emotional balance or being exposed, and offering the patient emotional space and finding patience. The carers described their approaches in the encounters with the patients as alternating between primitive instincts and expectant empathy in order to gain control and deal with the interaction for their own part, for that of the patient, and for that of their colleagues. The phenomenon of fleeing the encounter when facing resistance was intertwined with carers' self-perception as professional carers. Negative encounters with patients evoked feelings of shame and self-blame. A carer is a key person tasked with shaping the care relationship, which requires an attitude on the part of the carer that recognizes not only the patient's lifeworld but also their own.
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