Abstract
The purpose of this research was to understand the experience and meaning of technology for individuals receiving hemodialysis for the treatment of chronic renal failure. Philosophical hermeneutics provided the framework for interpreting the technology experience of eleven participants in an outpatient facility. The technology of illness care was constituted by providers, the physical environment, hemodialysis, and the mechanisms of care delivery. Being transformed by a reluctant partnering with technology was the constitutive pattern derived from the meanings of the participants' experiences. Three themes reflected the dimensions of their individual and collective experiences (a) coming to terms with loss and limitations, (b) abiding with technology, and (c) enduring the treatment environment. Hermeneutic reflection on the constitutive pattern revealed the occurrence of a reconstitution of the embodied self within the context of the technology of illness care.
Sigma Membership
Lambda Pi at-Large
Type
Dissertation
Format Type
Text-based Document
Study Design/Type
Phenomenology
Research Approach
Qualitative Research
Keywords:
Renal Patients, Use of Technology in Treatment, Patient Care
Advisor
Sheila A. Ryan
Degree
PhD
Degree Grantor
University of Rochester
Degree Year
1995
Recommended Citation
Nagle, Lynn M., "Preserving the embodied self: The meaning of technology for people with chronic renal failure" (2020). Dissertations. 506.
https://www.sigmarepository.org/dissertations/506
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Review Type
None: Degree-based Submission
Acquisition
Proxy-submission
Date of Issue
2020-07-31
Full Text of Presentation
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This dissertation has also been disseminated through the ProQuest Dissertations and Theses database. Dissertation/thesis number: 9604537; ProQuest document ID: 304302033. The author still retains copyright.