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Gender and communication

01 June 2004

Nursing Management

CPD

LET’S START by reflecting on the nature and origin of gender differences and making clear the distinction between ‘sex’ and ‘gender’: ‘sex’ refers to basic...

The end of paternalism?

01 March 2004

Nursing Management

CPD

THE AUTONOMY of the healthcare service user has been increasingly emphasised over recent years. Yet paternalistic attitudes still persist in professional and caring...

Changing methods of communication

01 February 2004

Nursing Management

CPD

PERHAPS THE most obvious change in interpersonal communication in most people’s lifetimes is the methods by which they communicate with each other. A combination of...

Managing diversity

01 April 2004

Nursing Management

CPD

THE KINDS of ‘difference’ we are discussing here relate to people’s social identities: their membership of particular groups that are said to share common...

‘Racialisation’ and racism

01 May 2004

Nursing Management

CPD

‘RACIALISATION’ CAN be described as the process by which people are defined according to apparent differences of skin colour, national origin or other attributes,...