title: Revisiting "Who gets care?": health equity as an arena for nursing action.
abstract: This article revisits and reaffirms Patricia Steven's earlier work on access to healthcare as an important arena for nursing action. Many of the conditions that affect access to healthcare, such as racism and oppression, also shape inequities in health outcomes. We propose a conceptualization of social justice that is consistent with addressing the conditions that influence health inequities. We also discuss the implications of a critical and feminist conception of social justice for nursing action, education, practice, research, and policy.
authors.affiliation: School of Nursing, Center for Addictions Research, University of Victoria, PO Box 1700 STN CSC, Victoria, British Columbia V8W 2Y2, Canada. bpauly@uvic.ca
authors.forename: Bernadette M
authors.initials: BM
authors.lastname: Pauly
authors.forename: Karen
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: MacKinnon
authors.forename: Colleen
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Varcoe
mesh_terms: D003709:Democracy; D004506:Education, Nursing / Q000458:organization & administration; D019513:Feminism; D005610:Freedom; D006287:Health Planning Guidelines; D006291:Health Policy; D006297:Health Services Accessibility / Q000458:organization & administration*; D054625:Healthcare Disparities / Q000458:organization & administration*; D006801:Humans; D016294:Models, Nursing; D024802:Nurse's Role; D015399:Nursing Research / Q000458:organization & administration; D010344:Patient Advocacy; D010687:Philosophy, Nursing; D011057:Politics; D012935:Social Justice; D012959:Socioeconomic Factors