Children's voices: can we hear them?
This article addresses an important but often neglected notion in the care of children--the notion of voice. Recognizing that a crucial role for pediatric nurses is that of advocate for the child, this article poses the questions of how children's voices can be heard and how nurses know whose voice they represent when they act in an advocacy capacity. Drawing on contributions from psychology, sociology, and feminist studies, the analysis narrows our focus to the special challenge created for pediatric nurses when they recognize the importance of voice in caring for children, and examines the complexities inherent in attending to voice in pediatric nursing practice.
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British Columbia Institute of Technology, Burnaby, Canada.
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D000293:Adolescent; D002648:Child; D002651:Child Advocacy; D006801:Humans; D009723:Nurse-Patient Relations; D010371:Pediatric Nursing