A peer-reviewed article published in Nursing Philosophy in 2005, authored by Chan GK, addresses end-of-life caring practices in the emergency department through the lens of Merleau-Ponty's phenomenological concepts, specifically the intentional arc and maximum grip, interpreted via praxis and phronesis. That much is conveyed by the title. No further findings, arguments, or conclusions can be reported here, because no abstract or full text was available for review.
What the evidence does and does not show: nothing can be said. Without an abstract or accessible text, it is impossible to determine what claims the author makes, what evidence supports them, or whether any empirical data were collected. The study design, sample, and analytical approach are all unknown.
The limits here are straightforward. The source is published in a peer-reviewed venue, which establishes a baseline of editorial scrutiny, but peer review alone does not substitute for readable content. Any summary of the paper's actual argument would be invention, not reporting.
The topic is relevant to consciousness studies because Merleau-Ponty's account of embodied intentionality concerns how perception and experience are constituted through bodily engagement, a framework some researchers apply to altered or diminished states of consciousness near the end of life. Whether this paper advances, tests, or simply applies that framework cannot be determined from the information available.
Source: https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1466-769X.2004.00204.x