A1 Journal article (refereed)
Eletty elämäntilanne päihdesosiaalityössä : filosofinen analyysi Rauhalan ihmiskäsityksen situaation käsitteestä (2022)
The lived situation of life in social work with substance abuse abusers : a philosophical analysis of Rauhala’s concept of situation

Koivumäki, P. (2022). Eletty elämäntilanne päihdessosiaalityössä : filosofinen analyysi Rauhalan ihmiskäsityksen situaation käsitteestä. Janus: sosiaalipolitiikan ja sosiaalityön tutkimuksen aikakauslehti, 30(2), 124-139. https://doi.org/10.30668/janus.107625

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Publication details

All authors or editors: Koivumäki, Piia

Journal or series: Janus: sosiaalipolitiikan ja sosiaalityön tutkimuksen aikakauslehti

ISSN: 1235-7812

eISSN: 2489-4990

Publication year: 2022

Publication date: 10/06/2022

Volume: 30

Issue number: 2

Pages range: 124-139

Publisher: Sosiaalipoliittinen yhdistys

Publication country: Finland

Publication language: Finnish

DOI: https://doi.org/10.30668/janus.107625

Persistent website address: https://journal.fi/janus/article/view/107625

Publication open access: Openly available

Publication channel open access: Open Access channel

Publication is parallel published (JYX): https://jyx.jyu.fi/handle/123456789/82135

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Abstract

The concept of life situation is crucial in social work but there is no a sufficient definition of the concept. The strength of the concept of life situation is that it is not stigmatizing. There is also a need to clarify the concept of life situation in the context of working with substance abusers in which drug problems nowadays are understood as individual’s disease. I define the concept of life situation by investigating it in light Lauri Rauhala’s concept of situation. A research material consists of three most important Rauhala’s works. The research method is Ilkka Niiniluoto’s philosophical method that includes three phases: problematization, explication and argumentation. In holistic context the concept of life situation is defined as a many dimensional lived situation of life from a first person point of view. The orientation of life situation can expand a narrow orientation of disease and reduce stigmatization in substance abuse problem.

Keywords: life situation; social work; social work with substance abusers; view of people; holism; phenomenology; concept analysis

Free keywords: Rauhala, Lauri

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Reporting Year: 2022

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