PMID: 9170988Jun 1, 1997Paper

Violation in caring for the physically disabled

Western Journal of Nursing Research
B Lillestø

Abstract

Based on in-depth interviews, this article reports how people with disabilities perceive and experience the care given by public health care personnel. A major and disturbing finding is that the informants describe feelings of being violated, transgressed, and infringed upon by the personnel in change of their care. Because of the way nurses and other health care personnel interact, patients' bodies are often perceived as objects. The article describes some of these feelings, including how the informants construct different body boundaries in order to handle the violation of their body and body zone, and it discusses some features of the health care professions that may cause the informants' feelings of being violated.

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Jan 1, 1988·Social Science & Medicine·D L Davis, R G Whitten
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May 31, 2002·Rehabilitation Nursing : the Official Journal of the Association of Rehabilitation Nurses·P Schafer, J Middleton
Nov 12, 2002·Research in Developmental Disabilities·Georgina SutherlandTeresa Iacono
Aug 4, 2015·Journal of Nursing Scholarship : an Official Publication of Sigma Theta Tau International Honor Society of Nursing·Michela PireddaMaria Grazia De Marinis
May 24, 2003·Nursing Ethics·Piia PalviainenMaija Hupli

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