Nursing 3310A/B Lecture Notes - Lecture 7: Unintended Consequences

• School: Western University
• Department: Nursing
• Course: Nursing 3310A/B
• Professor: Abe Oudshoorn

Document Summary

A critical lens colonialism and international work. The (cid:271)est i(cid:374)te(cid:374)tio(cid:374)s do(cid:374)(cid:859)t al(cid:449)a(cid:455)s lead to the (cid:271)est (cid:396)esults: realities of international health aid, the relationship between colonialism and health aid, when aid goes badly. Increased costs of care: decreased valuing of local care, conflict with local cultural practices. The establishment and maintenance for an extended time, of rule over a people that is separate and subordinate to the ruling power. The policy or practice of acquiring political control over another country, occupying it with settlers, and exploiting it economically. (oxford dictionary) Colonialism is often defined as a system of government, which seeks to defend an unequal system of commodity exchange: usually we think about the exploitation of others. In colonialism, there is some type of dedicated system that will try to remove the wealth of the nation. The(cid:396)e is a(cid:374) ideolog(cid:455) that the (cid:272)olo(cid:374)ized people a(cid:396)e (cid:862)lesse(cid:396)(cid:863) tha(cid:374) e(cid:448)e(cid:396)(cid:455)o(cid:374)e else.