The arrogance of power: a reflection on contemporary mental health nursing practice

This paper explores the role of contemporary mental health nursing and challenges practitioners to acknowledge the influence that power relationships have on therapeutic practice and client outcomes It is argued that empowerment and advocacy remain central concepts for nursing and that the art of ac...

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Published in:Journal of advanced nursing 1994-11, Vol.20 (5), p.894-903
Main Author: Sines, David
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Attitude of Health Personnel
Bioethics
Biological and medical sciences
Confidentiality
Defense Mechanisms
Disclosure
Health staff related problems. Vocational training
Hospitals, Psychiatric
Humans
Medical sciences
Mentally ill people
Nurse's Role
Nursing
Nursing Staff, Hospital - psychology
Patient Advocacy
Patient Participation
Power (Psychology)
Power relationships
Professional Misconduct
Psychiatric Nursing
Psychology. Psychoanalysis. Psychiatry
Psychopathology. Psychiatry
Social psychiatry. Ethnopsychiatry
Social Responsibility
Whistleblowing
Workforce
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Summary:This paper explores the role of contemporary mental health nursing and challenges practitioners to acknowledge the influence that power relationships have on therapeutic practice and client outcomes It is argued that empowerment and advocacy remain central concepts for nursing and that the art of accurate empathy is a pre‐requisite for contemporary mental health care
ISSN:0309-2402
1365-2648
DOI:10.1046/j.1365-2648.1994.20050894.x