Towards anti-oppressive practice in mental health nursing.
Working in Partnership, the Department of Health's report on the 1994 review of mental health nursing, implies that mental health nurses should develop anti-oppressive approaches to nursing practice. There is a notable absence of articles within the nursing literature which specifically address this issue. This is possibly because the historical and ideological issues which have informed the development of mental health nursing are complex and difficult to unravel. However, an integration of the theories of David Cooper and Frantz Fanon may provide an appropriate starting point for the development of a theory of anti-oppressive practice which addresses some of the issues specific to mental health nursing.
Hopton
J
J
University of Manchester.
D001291:Attitude of Health Personnel; D006801:Humans; D009723:Nurse-Patient Relations; D010344:Patient Advocacy; D010358:Patient Participation; D011209:Power, Psychological; D011287:Prejudice; D011568:Psychiatric Nursing