ArticleNursing inquiry2026
Emancipatory Theory of Compassion in Action: Power, the Unspeakable, and Compassionate Resistance in Nursing Ethics.
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Abstract
Decisions about limiting directives and Do Not Resuscitate orders in perianesthesia settings raise enduring ethical questions about power, responsibility, and compassion in clinical practice. This article advances the emancipatory theory of compassion for nursing by using these tensions to explore how the theory's core concepts operate within everyday clinical decision-making. The inquiry uses qualitative data from interviews, observations, and artifact reviews involving 27 participants, including patients, family members, and clinicians in a tertiary surgical services department. The results illustrate how distance, free-floating responsibility, and the zoe/bios dichotomy shape interactions between patients and clinicians. Together, these dynamics can normalize the suspension of limiting directives, rendering ethically troubling practices unspeakable within routine clinical work. At the same time, moments emerge when clinicians or family members insist that patient preferences be addressed, interrupting these patterns and creating space for more compassionate forms of practice. By demonstrating how these theoretical concepts illuminate the ethical dynamics of perianesthesia care, the analysis contributes to the continuing development of emancipatory nursing theory while highlighting how attention to relational power may help create more equitable and compassionate clinical encounters.
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