Thesis
The discursive construction of nurse-patient relationships in an acute medical unit: a feminist poststructural analysis
Southern Cross University, School of Nursing and Health Care Practices
Doctor of Philosophy (PhD), Southern Cross University
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Abstract
This study was guided by the question: how do registered nurses construct nurse-patient relationships in an acute medical unit? It challenged the view that nurse-patient relationships are authentic processes that reside in the immediacy of the nurse-patient space, and are dependent upon the authenticity of both players. Using a feminist poststructural analysis, primarily informed by the work of Weedon (1991), and feminist methods described by Wheeler and Chinn (1989) Lather (1991) Reinharz (1992) and Carryer (1995), the study highlighted the effect that health care reforms were having on nurse-patient relationships; raised awareness of the discourses that structure nurse-patient relationships; showed how social structures, power relations, gender and language influenced and were influenced by nurse-patient relationships; and highlighted areas of resistance to establishing nurse-patient relationships, and strategies nurses could use to overcome these resistors.
Details
- Title
- The discursive construction of nurse-patient relationships in an acute medical unit: a feminist poststructural analysis
- Creators
- Colleen Smith
- Contributors
- Bev Joan Taylor (Supervisor) - Southern Cross University
- Awarding Institution
- Southern Cross University; Doctor of Philosophy (PhD)
- Theses
- Doctor of Philosophy (PhD), Southern Cross University
- Publisher
- Southern Cross University, School of Nursing and Health Care Practices
- Number of pages
- ix, 365
- Identifiers
- 991012908499702368
- Copyright
- © Colleen Smith 2001
- Academic Unit
- Faculty of Health
- Resource Type
- Thesis