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Published on: February 16, 2011
Revisiting "Who gets care?": health equity as an arena for nursing action
Bernadette M Pauly1, Karen MacKinnon, Colleen Varcoe
1School of Nursing, Center for Addictions Research, University of Victoria, PO Box 1700 STN CSC, Victoria, British Columbia V8W 2Y2, Canada. bpauly@uvic.ca
Abstract:
This article revisits and reaffirms Patricia Steven's earlier work on access to healthcare as an important arena for nursing action. Many of the conditions that affect access to healthcare, such as racism and oppression, also shape inequities in health outcomes. We propose a conceptualization of social justice that is consistent with addressing the conditions that influence health inequities. We also discuss the implications of a critical and feminist conception of social justice for nursing action, education, practice, research, and policy.
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