title: Introductory engagement within the perinatal nursing relationship.
abstract: In this article, the theme of introductory engagement is developed through the conversational interviews and participatory observations I carried out with perinatal nurses and birthing women in the context of a feminist phenomenological methodology. Positioned against the landscape of hierarchical health care practices embedded with power dynamics and disembodied practices, this research explored the ways in which perinatal nurses related to birthing women in the context of relational care. The focus of attention in this article is to describe the theme of introductory engagement by way of a storied phenomenological text.
authors.affiliation: School of Nursing, Dalhousie University, 5869 University Avenue, Halifax, Nova Scotia, B3H 3J5, Canada. lisa.goldberg@dal.ca
authors.forename: Lisa Sara
authors.initials: LS
authors.lastname: Goldberg
mesh_terms: D000223:Adaptation, Psychological; D000328:Adult; D001291:Attitude of Health Personnel; D001294:Attitude to Health; D002170:Canada; D003142:Communication; D004645:Empathy; D004993:Ethics, Nursing; D005260:Female; D019513:Feminism; D006801:Humans; D007697:Kinesics; D009035:Mothers / Q000523:psychology*; D033262:Narration; D024802:Nurse's Role / Q000523:psychology; D009723:Nurse-Patient Relations / Q000941:ethics; D015404:Nursing Methodology Research; D009741:Nursing Staff, Hospital / Q000523:psychology*; D009773:Obstetric Nursing / Q000458:organization & administration*; D036801:Parturition / Q000523:psychology*; D010344:Patient Advocacy; D011247:Pregnancy; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires; D014110:Touch; D035502:Trust