title: Women in white.
abstract: The author uses an allegory based on personal experience to explore assumptions about our identity as nurses and our perceptions of patients.
authors.affiliation: School of Nursing, Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center, Lubbock.
authors.forename: M G
authors.initials: MG
authors.lastname: Umlauf
mesh_terms: D000739:Anecdotes as Topic; D003020:Clothing / Q000523:psychology*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D009726:Nurses / Q000523:psychology*; D011329:Prisoners / Q000523:psychology*; D012380:Role; D012649:Self Concept; D012926:Social Control, Formal; D014930:Women / Q000523:psychology*