Contemporary theories and contemporary nursing- Advancing nursing care for those who are marginalised

This paper critiques the topic of postmodernism and how it is represented in nursing and social science literature. This critique classified the debates into three identifiable constructs, those being: dissatisfaction; fragmentation and integration. The authors propose a solution from the integratio...

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Published in:Contemporary nurse : a journal for the Australian nursing profession 1999-06, Vol.8 (2), p.32-38
Main Authors: Davis, Kierrynn, Glass, Nel
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
difference
Existentialism
Feminism
Humans
Knowledge
marginalised
Nursing
Nursing Theory
Philosophy, Nursing
Postmodernism
Social Distance
Social Sciences
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Summary:This paper critiques the topic of postmodernism and how it is represented in nursing and social science literature. This critique classified the debates into three identifiable constructs, those being: dissatisfaction; fragmentation and integration. The authors propose a solution from the integration debate by putting forward the notion of an 'integrated postmodern turn'. The 'solution' is situated within feminism and draws on modernist and postmodernist theory. The integrated model is grounded in nursing clinical examples which demonstrate the usefulness and workability of this approach when caring for those who are marginalised by nurses because of their ethnicity, gender, cultural and/or spiritual beliefs.
ISSN:1037-6178
1839-3535
DOI:10.5172/conu.1999.8.2.32