Gender Issues and Nursing Practice

ISBN-13: 9780333691953 / Angielski / Miękka / 2000 / 272 str.

Margaret Miers

Opis

The relevance of gender to nursing as an activity and as a profession has already been discussed extensively in the sociological literature and gender is recognised as a relevant variable by social policy analysts interested in community care. Furthermore, there is a growing awareness of the sociological aspects of women's (and increasingly men's) health issues.

This book demonstrates the relevance of theoretical approaches to the understanding of gender issues within nursing practice.

Spis treści

Introduction.- PART 1: UNDERSTANDING GENDER.- Approaches to Understanding Gender.- Masculinities and Femininities.- Gender and Health.- PART 2: GENDER AND NURSING.- Choosing to Nurse: From Florence Nightingale to the National Health Service.- Nursing in the NHS.- What do Nurses do? Caring as a Gendered Concept.- PART 3: GENDER, AUTONOMY, MANAGEMENT.- Dependence, Autonomy and Professional Roles.- Gender and Health Care Management.- PART 4: CARING FOR MEN, CARING FOR WOMEN.- Gender Sensitive Care.- Gender, Identity and Health.- Power, Sexuality and the Body.- Conclusion: Gender, Care and Reciprocity.

O autorze

MARGARET MIERS is Senior Lecturer in the Faculty of Health and Social Care at the University of West of England.