PMID: 9437964Jan 23, 1998Paper

A feminist model for women's health care

Nursing Inquiry
L C Andrist

Abstract

A feminist model of practice is grounded in feminist theories that are applicable to the health and health care of women. The goal of this model is to change how health care is delivered to individual women, but also to seek social transformation. Four major themes recur in this model: symmetry in provider-patient relationships, access to information, shared decision-making, and social change. This article describes ways in which clinicians can integrate these themes into practice. Suggestions for maintaining symmetry in the traditional power relationship include decreasing physical, social and personal barriers and attentive listening to patients' stories. Access to information involves creating an atmosphere that is conducive to teaching and learning, but also helping patients access other sources of information. Shared decision-making is central to feminist practice and is attainable when patients have been empowered and are knowledgeable about their healthcare needs. Social change entails the ever vigilant clinician who is familiar with the latest literature, both professional and lay, in order to critically analyse research studies, our colleagues' interpretations of those studies and how recommendations for practice are r...Continue Reading

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Sep 8, 2004·Journal of Midwifery & Women's Health·Sharon Schindler RisingCarrie S Klima
Dec 1, 2001·Journal of Midwifery & Women's Health·C S Klima
Aug 31, 2002·Journal of Clinical Nursing·Jeanine Blackford, Annette Street
Feb 5, 2000·Journal of Obstetric, Gynecologic, and Neonatal Nursing : JOGNN·F H Nichols
Jun 1, 2001·Journal of Obstetric, Gynecologic, and Neonatal Nursing : JOGNN·L C Andrist
May 7, 2008·Women's Health Issues : Official Publication of the Jacobs Institute of Women's Health·James D KatzShari Diamond
Aug 8, 2014·ANS. Advances in Nursing Science·Teresa L Hagan, Susan M Cohen
Mar 25, 2011·Journal of Midwifery & Women's Health·Annette Manant, Joan E Dodgson

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