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The Invisibility of Gender Diversity: Understanding Transgender and Transsexuality in Nursing Literature.
- Source :
- Nursing Forum; Apr-Jun2014, Vol. 49 Issue 2, p110-123, 14p
- Publication Year :
- 2014
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Abstract
- Purpose Increasingly, people are living their lives without strict attachment to one gender. In this paper, we discuss key discourses identified in a literature review of transgender and transsexual issues in nursing. Our aim is to highlight the power of dominant discourse and lack of adequate understanding of gender diversity on the part of nurses. We use stories of trans people to illustrate these discourses. An increased awareness may support respectful care of those who do not fit comfortably within culturally defined parameters of male and female. Conclusion The invisibility of gender diversity in health care remains a threat to ethical nursing care. The effects of invisibility of transgender people in health care result in a cycle of repetition where those who have been denied recognition in turn avoid disclosure. Key discourses addressing trans people in nursing literature include invisibility, advocacy, cultural competence, and emancipation. Practice Implications There is a need for further education about gender diversity in order to dispel and counter misunderstandings, stigma, and invisibility. This can be achieved through sustained efforts in nursing research and educational curricula to include gender diversity and trans people. Policies for the protection of those who change their sex or identify outside the dominant gender schema are urgently needed. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
- Subjects :
- GENDER role
CINAHL database
ONLINE information services
DATABASES
PSYCHOLOGY information storage & retrieval systems
GENDER affirmation surgery
MEDICAL information storage & retrieval systems
PROFESSIONS
PATIENT advocacy
SYSTEMATIC reviews
DISCRIMINATION (Sociology)
GENDER identity
ATTITUDES toward sex
NURSE-patient relationships
CULTURAL competence
NURSING ethics
MEDLINE
EVIDENCE-based nursing
CULTURAL awareness
Subjects
Details
- Language :
- English
- ISSN :
- 00296473
- Volume :
- 49
- Issue :
- 2
- Database :
- Complementary Index
- Journal :
- Nursing Forum
- Publication Type :
- Academic Journal
- Accession number :
- 103944345
- Full Text :
- https://doi.org/10.1111/nuf.12061