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Why a feminist perspective?
To understand suicidality among women nurses, we must investigate the political, social, and economic conditions that nurses work and live within.
Why is women’s distress classed as an illness?
This blog explores why women’s distress is more likely to be seen as illness and what this means for women, and why this is relevant to women nurses.
What feminism means to me
Welcome to the first blog of our series, ‘What feminism means to me’. We will be inviting a range of contributors to share their thoughts, ideas and experiences on this topic.
Our first contributor is Leo Conolly.
How our understanding of context informs our understanding of nurse suicide; and why we need change.
There are 30 million nurses world-wide and the NHS, the largest employer in Europe, employs more women than any other organisation. It is also the principal employer of nurses of whom, 89% are women and one in four are from the global ethnic majority. Yet, the majority of suicide research and policy is gender- and colour-blind.