Nursing 2220A/B Chapter Notes - Chapter 7: Palliative Care, Family Caregivers, Health Equity
9 Dec 2016
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Social justice a means to an end, an end in itself (cna, 2006) Canadian community health nursing standards of practice social justice: Fair distribution of societies benefits, responsibilities and their consequences. Focuses on the relative position of one social group in relationship to others in society as well as the root causes of disparity and what can be done to eliminate them. Chnac has 5 standards of practice: promoting health, health promotion. Needs to be a greater focus on the overall issues, instead of just focusing on the individual. Problem is that chns can influence individuals to conform to social norms through health promo strategies. Potential to create adversarial relationships between those who actively strive to improve their health and those who don"t. Compromise the nurses" respect for the dignity of those they serve: prevention and health protection. Prevention and health protection information can weaken people"s confidence and security in their health.
