Witnessing social injustice downstream and advocating for health equity upstream: "the trombone slide" of nursing

Advances in Nursing Science

Volumn 35, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 98-112

  Falk Rafael, Adeline ^a   Betker, Claire ^b  

^a YORK UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SASKATCHEWAN   (Canada)

Author keywords

critical caring; ethical dilemma; health inequities; moral agency; political advocacy; social determinants of health; social justice

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CANADA; COMMUNITY HEALTH NURSING; ETHICS; FEMALE; HEALTH PERSONNEL ATTITUDE; HEALTH PROMOTION; HOME CARE; HUMAN; INTENSIVE CARE; MIDDLE AGED; MODEL; SOCIAL JUSTICE;

ADULT; ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; CANADA; CRITICAL CARE; FEMALE; HEALTH PROMOTION; HOME NURSING; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; MODELS, NURSING; PUBLIC HEALTH NURSING; SOCIAL JUSTICE;

EID: 84861099757     PISSN: 01619268     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/ANS.0b013e31824fe70f     Document Type: Article

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