Power and partnership: A critical analysis of the surveillance discourses of child health nurses

Journal of Advanced Nursing

Volumn 36, Issue 2, 2001, Pages 294-301

  Wilson, Helen Vivien ^a  

^a MASSEY UNIVERSITY   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Child health nursing; Discourse analysis; Foucault; Partnership; Plunket society; Power relations; Surveillance

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR; CHILD; CHILD DEVELOPMENT; COMMUNITY HEALTH NURSING; COOPERATION; HEALTH PERSONNEL ATTITUDE; HEALTH PROMOTION; HEALTH SERVICE; HUMAN; HUMAN RELATION; INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION; MOTHER; NEW ZEALAND; NURSE PATIENT RELATIONSHIP; NURSING METHODOLOGY RESEARCH; NURSING STAFF; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PEDIATRIC NURSING; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; PSYCHOLOGICAL MODEL; QUESTIONNAIRE; WORK;

ADULT; ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; CHILD; CHILD DEVELOPMENT; COMMUNITY HEALTH NURSING; COOPERATIVE BEHAVIOR; HEALTH PROMOTION; HUMANS; JOB DESCRIPTION; MODELS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; MOTHERS; NEGOTIATING; NEW ZEALAND; NURSE-PATIENT RELATIONS; NURSING METHODOLOGY RESEARCH; NURSING STAFF; PEDIATRIC NURSING; POWER (PSYCHOLOGY); PROFESSIONAL-FAMILY RELATIONS; QUESTIONNAIRES; VOLUNTARY HEALTH AGENCIES;

EID: 0035491597     PISSN: 03092402     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2648.2001.01971.x     Document Type: Article

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