Hopelessness in palliative care for people with motor neurone disease: Conceptual considerations.

Related Articles Hopelessness in palliative care for people with motor neurone disease: Conceptual considerations. Nurs Ethics. 2020 Feb;27(1):316-320 Authors: Poppe C Abstract The concepts of hope and its absence, hopelessness, are seen as crucial in palliative care for people with motor neurone disease. A primary measure in psychological research on hopelessness in people with motor neurone disease is the Beck Hopelessness Scale. This scale can be understood as being conceptually based on the philosophical standard account of hope, which understands hope as an intentional expectancy. This essay argues that this is a misconstruction of hopelessness in palliative care. Rather, pre-intentional…
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