Nurses of African-Caribbean heritage discuss workplace attitudes that expose bias and undermine cultural identities in favour of ‘Eurocentric’ ideas of what professionalism looks like
A nurse manager demands you alter your hairstyle even though it complies with uniform policy; a colleague pulls your hair to ‘see if it’s real’; a patient suddenly runs a hand across your head to get a feel for your hair’s texture.
Nursing Standard. 36, 7, 35-37. doi: 10.7748/ns.36.7.35.s17
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