The feminism of Charlotte Perkins Gilman: sexualities, histories, progressivism
In: Women in culture & society series
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In: Women in culture & society series
In: Signs: journal of women in culture and society, Band 26, Heft 2, S. 599-602
ISSN: 1545-6943
In: Australian Feminist Studies, Band 3, Heft 7-8, S. 64-91
ISSN: 1465-3303
In: Australian Feminist Studies, Band 2, Heft 5, S. 85-94
ISSN: 1465-3303
In: Australian Feminist Studies, Band 1, Heft 2, S. 93-101
ISSN: 1465-3303
In: Socialism and democracy: the bulletin of the Research Group on Socialism and Democracy, Band 23, Heft 1, S. 169-175
ISSN: 0885-4300
In: Socialism and democracy: the bulletin of the Research Group on Socialism and Democracy, Band 21, Heft 3, S. 97-124
ISSN: 1745-2635
In: Journal of Asian and African studies: JAAS, Band 36, Heft 1, S. Special Issue: A decade of democracy in Africa, S. 17-38
ISSN: 0021-9096
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In: African and Asian Studies, Band 36, Heft 1, S. 39-63
ISSN: 1569-2108
In: Signs: journal of women in culture and society, Band 10, Heft 3, S. 577-579
ISSN: 1545-6943
In: The journal of adult protection, Band 13, Heft 3, S. 167-173
ISSN: 2042-8669
PurposeThis paper seeks to describe the experiences of people visiting elderly relatives in hospital, detailing the lack of care and negligent attitudes of nursing staff with regards to providing appropriate food and drink to the elderly patients.Design/methodology/approachThis paper analyses responses from 94 concerned readers, who empathised with an article published in the Daily Mail detailing negligent, unprofessional and uncaring practice in an elderly relative's hospital care. They each wrote to A Dignified Revolution (ADR) and provided their own examples of either being a patient in hospital or witnessing their loved one's distress. This paper addresses one of the most common areas of concern: the management of hydration and nutrition.FindingsThe vast majority of the criticisms in the e‐mail correspondence that was received by ADR was directed towards severe deficits in nursing practice. The experiences that were shared demonstrated not only a contravention of the nurse's code of practice (Nursing and Midwifery Council), but also an abuse of older people's human rights. They also demonstrated not only the severe harm that could be caused to vulnerable older people and the trauma caused to relatives but also carers. Many respondents were dismayed at the complete lack of nursing assessments and the inconsistencies in the documentation about their relatives' care, including food and fluid charts, which was so fundamental to their care needs.Originality/valueOlder vulnerable people in National Health Service (NHS) hospitals are being deprived of the fundamental right to eat and drink, a right whereby the lack of nutrition and hydration causes not only untold suffering, but can cause death. To deprive a person of food and fluid is tantamount to abuse, and to be able to eat and drink is a basic human right. However, perhaps the challenge is greater than this with regard to older people. Perhaps, a significant cultural change in attitudes and behaviour towards older people by the NHS, if not the wider society, is required in the first instance.
In: Policy sciences: integrating knowledge and practice to advance human dignity, Band 26, Heft 2, S. 79-98
ISSN: 1573-0891
In: Policy sciences: integrating knowledge and practice to advance human dignity ; the journal of the Society of Policy Scientists, Band 26, Heft 2, S. 79-98
ISSN: 0032-2687