1) Post-Colonial Theory:
Post-colonial Theory focuses on critical thinking surrounding the circumstances or people that relegate how health care is provided to people who are from a different culture or race. It is concerned that even with the forward thinking from many scholars, there remains persistent “pervasive structures and assumptions actively marginalizing people economically, politically and socially” (Bickford, 2014). It provides foundation for changing of old, outdated views for related to race and culture. This theory focuses on what can be and what should be for everyone, and teaches us to open our minds, and our views.
2) Feminist Theory:
The original Feminist movement directed their focus on the relations between men and women, and how men were privileged in life. However, the Post-Colonial Feminist theory pushed the boundaries to include race, and social status, and the traditional role of women in society and nursing. The Feminist Theory opened up a pathway of critical thinking and encouraged the scholars to push past the assumptions that are often present in health care. An example of one assumption is that “people have family and friends to look after them, and will be able to navigate the healthcare system when …show more content…
References:
Anderson, Joan 2004 p. 243: “Lessons from a postcolonial-feminist perspective: Suffering and a Pathway to Healing,” Nursing Inquiry, Blackwell Publishing Ltd.
Bickford, Deanna MN. RN, 2014, p 215: “Postcolonial Theory, Nursing Knowledge, and the Development of Emancipatory Knowing,” Lippincott, Williams & Wilkins
Merryfeather, L (2016). Nurs341. Week 6 notes: Selected Theories that Influence Disciplinary Knowledge Development: Humanism, Feminism and Critical Theory. Unpublished course Syllabus. Victoria, Canada: University of
Post-colonial Theory focuses on critical thinking surrounding the circumstances or people that relegate how health care is provided to people who are from a different culture or race. It is concerned that even with the forward thinking from many scholars, there remains persistent “pervasive structures and assumptions actively marginalizing people economically, politically and socially” (Bickford, 2014). It provides foundation for changing of old, outdated views for related to race and culture. This theory focuses on what can be and what should be for everyone, and teaches us to open our minds, and our views.
2) Feminist Theory:
The original Feminist movement directed their focus on the relations between men and women, and how men were privileged in life. However, the Post-Colonial Feminist theory pushed the boundaries to include race, and social status, and the traditional role of women in society and nursing. The Feminist Theory opened up a pathway of critical thinking and encouraged the scholars to push past the assumptions that are often present in health care. An example of one assumption is that “people have family and friends to look after them, and will be able to navigate the healthcare system when …show more content…
References:
Anderson, Joan 2004 p. 243: “Lessons from a postcolonial-feminist perspective: Suffering and a Pathway to Healing,” Nursing Inquiry, Blackwell Publishing Ltd.
Bickford, Deanna MN. RN, 2014, p 215: “Postcolonial Theory, Nursing Knowledge, and the Development of Emancipatory Knowing,” Lippincott, Williams & Wilkins
Merryfeather, L (2016). Nurs341. Week 6 notes: Selected Theories that Influence Disciplinary Knowledge Development: Humanism, Feminism and Critical Theory. Unpublished course Syllabus. Victoria, Canada: University of