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Harding, T.S.; North, N.; Perkins, R. |
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Sexualizing men's touch: Male nurses and the use of intimate touch in clinical practice |
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2008 |
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Research & Theory for Nursing Practice |
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22 |
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2 |
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88-102 |
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Male nurses; Nurse-patient relations; Gender |
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Drawn from a larger study, this article reports the experiences of a group of male nurses regarding the use of intimate physical touch. Using discourse analysis, interview data from 18 male nurses were analysed and related to existing text on men as nurses. The analysis reveals that although touch is important in nursing care, it is problematic for men because discourses have normalised women's use of touch as a caring behaviour and have sexualised men's touch. Participants described their vulnerability, how they protected themselves from risk, and the resulting stress. The complicity of nurses in sexualising men's touch and the neglect of educators in preparing men for providing intimate care are revealed. A paradox emerged whereby the very measures employed to protect both patients and men as nurses exacerbate the perceived risk posed by men carrying out intimate care. The authors suggest that deconstructing and reframing prevailing discourses around nursing, gender, and caring involving touch can help to legitimise men's involvement in physical caring. |
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960 |
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Burrell, B. |
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Title |
Mixed-sex rooms: Invading patients' privacy? |
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Journal Article |
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2003 |
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Kai Tiaki: Nursing New Zealand |
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9 |
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4 |
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26-28 |
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Cross-cultural comparison; Patient rights; Hospitals; Nursing; Gender |
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The author considers the issue of mixed-sex rooming (MSR) in New Zealand hospitals. A review of the literature is presented, with a focus on the attitudes and experiences of patients in the UK, where the issue has been most practised and studied. Findings of a survey of a group of New Zealand female patients are presented. The patients feelings of embarrassment and loss of dignity and privacy are discussed. The legal issues are explored, with the practice evaluated against the patient's rights detailed in the Code of Health and Disability Services and the Privacy Act 1993. |
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1000 |
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Crowe, M. |
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Title |
Reflexivity and detachment: A discursive approach to women's depression |
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Journal Article |
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2002 |
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Nursing Inquiry |
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9 |
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2 |
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126-132 |
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Gender; Mental health; Psychiatric Nursing; Culture |
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This paper explores a discursive approach to understanding women's depression by presenting the results of research into women's narratives of their experiences. The discursive approach taken acknowledges women's immersion in cultural practices that determine the subject positions available to them and places a value on attributes of reflexivity and detachment that are not usually associated with their performance. The social and cultural context of the individual's experience is significant because if the focus is simply on the individual this supposes that the problem lies solely with the individual. An understanding of cultural expectations and their relation to mental distress is important to mental health nursing practice. The psychotherapeutic relationship that is fundamental to mental health nursing practice requires an understanding of the meaning of individual's responses in their cultural context in order to provide facilitative and meaningful care for the women that they nurse. |
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1077 |
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Williams, H. |
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One for the boys: An evaluative study of primary health care access by men in Tairawhiti |
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2006 |
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NZNO Library |
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Gender; Primary health care; Access; Male |
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1138 |
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Polaschek, N. |
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The concerns of Pakeha men living on home haemodialysis: A critical interpretive study |
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2000 |
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ResearchArchive@Victoria |
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Gender; Chronically ill; Nursing |
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This nursing study seeks to understand the experience of one group of people with chronic renal failure using renal replacement therapy, Pakeha men living on home haemodialysis. It is based on the assumptions that people living on dialysis have distinctive experiences that are characterised by common concerns reflecting their shared position as subjects of renal illness and therapy. In order to understand the experience of people living on dialysis, this study develops a critical interpretive approach, seeking the participant's own interpretation of their individual experiences. The experiences are then reinterpreted them from a critical standpoint, recognising that they can only be adequately understood by contextualising them. This enables the researcher to discern the common perspective underlying them in contrast to the dominant professional viewpoint in the renal setting. The concerns identified include symptoms from chronic renal failure and dialysis, limitations resulting from the negotiation of the therapeutic regime into their lifestyle, their sense of ongoingness and uncertainty of living on dialysis, and the altered interrelationship between autonomy and dependence inherent in living on dialysis. The study suggests that the individual accounts can be understood as resulting from the interaction of the various dimensions of their own personal social locations, including their gender and ethnicity, with the concerns of client discourse, reflecting their common position as people living on dialysis. The author concludes that one implication of this understanding is that the role of nursing in the renal setting can be articulated as a response to the experience of the person living on dialysis. The nurse can support the renal client in seeking to integrate the requirements of the therapeutic regime into their personal situation. |
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1195 |
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Searle, J. |
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Title |
Gender bias: Women and heart disease |
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Journal Article |
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Year |
2001 |
Publication |
Vision: A Journal of Nursing |
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7 |
Issue |
12 |
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10-14 |
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Cardiovascular diseases; Gender; Nursing; Female |
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This article discusses the apparent gender bias prevalent in health care for women who experience cardiovascular disease. It considers how gender expectations and stereotypes affect health practices. Changes at the social, political and practice level necessary to achieve equitable care for women with cardiovascular disease are outlined. |
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1282 |
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