Cultural safety and the challenges of translating critically oriented knowledge in practice

Nursing Philosophy

Volumn 10, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 167-179

  Browne, Annette J ^a   Varcoe, Colleen ^a   Smye, Victoria ^a   Reimer Kirkham, Sheryl ^b   Lynam, M Judith ^a   Wong, Sabrina ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

^b TRINITY WESTERN UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Canada; Clinical practice; Cultural safety; Knowledge translation; Nursing; Social justice

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CANADA; CULTURAL COMPETENCE; HUMAN; MASS COMMUNICATION; NURSING CARE; PHILOSOPHY; SAFETY; SOCIAL JUSTICE;

CANADA; CULTURAL COMPETENCY; DIFFUSION OF INNOVATION; HUMANS; NURSING CARE; PHILOSOPHY, NURSING; SAFETY; SOCIAL JUSTICE;

EID: 70249110462     PISSN: 14667681     EISSN: 1466769X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1466-769X.2009.00406.x     Document Type: Article

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