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Learning disability nursing: from normalization to materialism — towards a new paradigm.
- Source :
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Journal of Advanced Nursing (Wiley-Blackwell) . Oct93, Vol. 18 Issue 10, p1604-1609. 6p. - Publication Year :
- 1993
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Abstract
- For almost 2 decades the ‘normalization principle’ has provided the dominant paradigm for the planning and evaluation of nursing services to people with a learning disability within the United Kingdom. This has reflected the international influence of this philosophy in services to a wide range of disadvantaged and marginalized groups. However, this paper will argue that nurses working with this client group are facing a range of social and political changes which expose the weaknesses in this paradigm. This calls for a new approach to the way the relationship between practitioners and their clients is conceptualized. Here it is argued that a materialist paradigm provides a more realistic framework upon which to base future nursing practice. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
- Subjects :
- *NURSING services
*LEARNING disabilities
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Details
- Language :
- English
- ISSN :
- 03092402
- Volume :
- 18
- Issue :
- 10
- Database :
- Academic Search Index
- Journal :
- Journal of Advanced Nursing (Wiley-Blackwell)
- Publication Type :
- Academic Journal
- Accession number :
- 8535808
- Full Text :
- https://doi.org/10.1046/j.1365-2648.1993.18101604.x