title: Nursing diagnosis: language antithetical to nursing's ontology.
abstract: The term nursing diagnosis is constructed in male, medical language. As such, it is proposed that it has no legitimacy in nursing discourse as it is antithetical to notions claimed foremost in nursing's ontology. It is also posited that the term 'nursing diagnosis', whilst reinforcing biomedicine, has little or no meaning to many nurses, is not understood by patients and has no justifiable place in health care discourse.
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Casey
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Hendricks
mesh_terms: D004645:Empathy; D005260:Female; D005783:Gender Identity; D006801:Humans; D008037:Linguistics; D008297:Male; D016294:Models, Nursing; D009733:Nursing Diagnosis; D014933:Women's Rights