In this second chapter, I will pay attention to patient experiences of affective injustice and how this impacts care and their quality of life. This chapter builds upon the literature on epistemic injustice which has identified some of the affective harms that may come from patient’s emotions and feelings not being taken seriously by their healthcare providers. In this chapter, I will first investigate and clarify the ways, means, temporalities, and spaces in which patients may suffer from affective harms in healthcare, notably when healthcare providers do not take them seriously or understand them. I will then focus on the various temporalities in which patients and their caregivers may be subject to affective injustice in the healthcare journey. I will also devote discussion to the affective harms that may come for persons who already face marginalization and exclusion and in which affective injustice may worsen their situations. This is important to fully understand the ramifications of affective injustice for all patients. At the end of the chapter, I will propose several possible remedy strategies, including some possibilities and reformulations from the epistemic injustice literature.

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Patients and Affective Injustice

  • Brenda Bogaert

摘要

In this second chapter, I will pay attention to patient experiences of affective injustice and how this impacts care and their quality of life. This chapter builds upon the literature on epistemic injustice which has identified some of the affective harms that may come from patient’s emotions and feelings not being taken seriously by their healthcare providers. In this chapter, I will first investigate and clarify the ways, means, temporalities, and spaces in which patients may suffer from affective harms in healthcare, notably when healthcare providers do not take them seriously or understand them. I will then focus on the various temporalities in which patients and their caregivers may be subject to affective injustice in the healthcare journey. I will also devote discussion to the affective harms that may come for persons who already face marginalization and exclusion and in which affective injustice may worsen their situations. This is important to fully understand the ramifications of affective injustice for all patients. At the end of the chapter, I will propose several possible remedy strategies, including some possibilities and reformulations from the epistemic injustice literature.