Are submissive nurses ethical?: reflecting on power anorexia
Rev. bras. enferm
;
55(2): 183-188, mar.-abr. 2002.
Artigo
em Inglês
| LILACS, BDENF
| ID: lil-336550
RESUMO
We believe that the notion of power anorexia, which we define as a lack of desire to exercise power, is central to reflections about nursing ethical concerns. Questioning the assumption that nurses are powerless, we argue that nurses can and do exercise power and that their actions and inactions have consequences not only for themselves, but also for those for whom they care. We propose that a feminist ethics perspective be used both to understand and to overcome nurses' power anorexia. Feminist thinkers remind us not only of oppression's psychological impact, but that stereotypical views about women are socially constructed and, therefore, can be changed. Nurses using this framework should explore the implications of a centralized notion of caring to the way we conceive of power relations in health care. Perhaps deconstructing caring by focusing on how nurses exercise power could help us to re-conceptualize nursing and promote new agendas for health and health care.
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Índice:
LILACS (Américas)
Assunto principal:
Poder Psicológico
/
Ética em Enfermagem
/
Relações Interprofissionais
/
Enfermeiras e Enfermeiros
Limite:
Feminino
/
Humanos
Idioma:
Inglês
Revista:
Rev. bras. enferm
Assunto da revista:
Enfermagem
Ano de publicação:
2002
Tipo de documento:
Artigo
País de afiliação:
Brasil
/
Canadá
Instituição/País de afiliação:
Fundação Universidade Federal do Rio Grande/BR
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