Based on a recent survey of more than 500 Ontario Nursing Association members, this study demonstrates how racism impacts working relations in the nursing profession. Gender and class concepts are explored as well as how fear, lack of support, management collaboration, and ineffective institutional responses make it difficult for victims to fight back. Dealing with the concept of racism within the frameworks of human rights legislation and the political economy of health care, this reference illustrates its causes in detail, providing a foundation from which nurses and other workers can combat racial harassment.
By:
Tania Das Gupta
Imprint: Fernwood Publishing Co Ltd
Country of Publication: Canada
Dimensions:
Height: 23mm,
Width: 15mm,
Spine: 2mm
Weight: 198g
ISBN: 9781552662984
ISBN 10: 1552662985
Pages: 128
Publication Date: 01 September 2009
Audience:
Professional and scholarly
,
Undergraduate
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Active
Chapter 1: Why Study Racism in Nursing Chapter 2: Theorizing Racism, Gender and Class-Concepts, Theories and Histories Chapter: 3: The Political Economy of Health Care: Class, Race and Gender Perspectives Chapter 4: One Nurse's Story Chapter 5: Nurses Speak Out Chapter 6: Exploring Race and Racism at Work: Deconstructing What Was Said Chapter 7: The Way Ahead Bibliography
Tania Das Gupta is an associate professor cross-appointed to the Departments of Equity Studies and Sociology at York University. Her research areas include race, gender, class, paid workplaces, diaspora, transnationalism and family issues. She is the author of Racism and Paid Work. She lives in Toronto, Ontario.
