Inequities in health and healthcare viewed through the ethical lens of critical social justice: Contextual knowledge for the global priorities ahead

Advances in Nursing Science

Volumn 32, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 282-294

  Anderson, Joan M ^a   Rodney, Patricia ^a   Reimer Kirkham, Sheryl ^b   Browne, Annette J ^a   Khan, Koushambhi Basu ^a   Lynam, M Judith ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

^b TRINITY WESTERN UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Contextual knowledge; Critical inquiry; Ethics; Health disparities; Postcolonial feminist perspective; Social justice

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CANADA; CULTURAL COMPETENCE; ETHICS; FEMINISM; FORECASTING; HEALTH; HEALTH CARE DISPARITY; HEALTH CARE PLANNING; HEALTH DISPARITY; HEALTH PROMOTION; HUMAN; KNOWLEDGE; MASS COMMUNICATION; NURSING RESEARCH; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PHILOSOPHY; POLITICAL SYSTEM; SOCIAL JUSTICE; SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY;

CANADA; COLONIALISM; CULTURAL COMPETENCY; DIFFUSION OF INNOVATION; FEMINISM; FORECASTING; HEALTH PLANNING; HEALTH PRIORITIES; HEALTH STATUS DISPARITIES; HEALTHCARE DISPARITIES; HEALTHY PEOPLE PROGRAMS; HUMANS; KNOWLEDGE; NURSING RESEARCH; PHILOSOPHY, NURSING; PREJUDICE; PRINCIPLE-BASED ETHICS; SOCIAL JUSTICE; WORLD HEALTH;

EID: 73849117893     PISSN: 01619268     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/ANS.0b013e3181bd6955     Document Type: Article

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