Nursing research: can a feminist perspective make any contribution?
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Authors
Ehlers, V.J.
Issue Date
1999
Type
Article
Language
en
Keywords
nursing research , gender stereotypes , feminist research
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Abstract
As more than 90% of the RSA’s nurses are women and as at least 50% of the health
care clients are also women, nursing research can definitely benefit by incorporating
feminist research approaches. Specific feminist research issues which could be
relevant to nursing research include:
* inherent themes in feminist research
* feminist research methodology
* gender stereotypes and nursing research
* gender-based stereotypes of researchers
* potential benefits of incorporating feminist research approaches in nursing
research.
Most formal models of nursing, and thus also most nursing research based on these
models, ignore gender issues. Thus they ignore part of the social reality of nursing
and might provide distorted images of nursing. A feminist approach to nursing
research could enhance the reality-based gender issues relevant to nursing specifically,
and health care generally, and contribute towards rendering effective health
care within a multidisciplinary health care context.
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Publisher
AOSIS OpenJournals
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DOI
ISSN
0379-8577 Curationis