PP217 Chapter Notes - Chapter 2: Paternalism, Blood Transfusion, Cultural Relativism
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Stroch points out that id we identify the nurse as a mother we are identifying it as mainly the work of women, and we view nurses as acting for selfless reasons. In addition, the comparison ignores the technical knowledge and training nurses require b. ii: nurse as technician, this addresses some of stroch"s concerns about the nurse as mother metaphor a. i. This arose in the 70s where the nurse is seen to be managing and coordinating services for their client such that all services are directed toward an agreed upon goal. In addition, the nurse takes on the role of standing in for clients to ensure they have a voice in their medical care d. ii. Cultural ethical relativism: one response would be to claim that duties are relative to culture: what is right depends on what one"s culture believes is right, there are at least 3 problems with such relativism.
