Revisiting "who gets care?": Health equity as an arena for nursing action

Citation

Pauly B, MacKinnon K & Varcoe C (2009) Revisiting "who gets care?": Health equity as an arena for nursing action. Advances in Nursing Science, 32 (2), pp. 118-127. https://doi.org/10.1097/ANS.0b013e3181a3afaf

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.

Keywords
access; health; inequities; outcomes; social justice; vulnerable or marginalized groups

Journal
Advances in Nursing Science: Volume 32, Issue 2

People

Professor Bernadette Pauly

Honorary Professor, Faculty of Social Sciences