Tania Das Gupta. ‘Real’ Nurses and ‘Others’: Racism in Nursing

Understanding Race and Racism in Nursing: Insights from Aboriginal Nurses

Purpose. Indigenous Peoples are underrepresented in the health professions. This paper examines indigenous identity and the quality and nature of nursing work-life. The knowledge generated should enhance strategies to increase representation of indigenous peoples in nursing to reduce health inequities. Design. Community-based participatory research employing Grounded Theory as the method was th...

On Explaining Asia’s “Missing Women”: Comment on Das Gupta

IN AN EARLIER issue of this journal, Monica Das Gupta (2005) comments on a recent paper of mine. Her comment was based on Oster (2005a), a working paper version of Oster (2005b); in general, the two versions do not differ , but I will distinguish between them when they do. In that paper, I attempt to connect the issue of the gender imbalance in Asia—the " missing women " —with the prevalence of...

Racism and cardiovascular disease: implications for nursing.

The social determinants of health (SDH) are recognized as a prominent influence on health outcomes across the lifespan. Racism is identified as a key SDH. In this article, the authors describe the concept of racism as an SDH, its impact in discriminatory actions and inactions, and the implications for cardiovascular nurses. Although research in Canada on the links among racism, stress, and card...

Surgical Nursing and After-Treatment: A Handbook for Nurses and Others

Elementary Hygiene for Nurses: A Handbook for Nurses and Others