NSE 112 Lecture Notes - Lecture 12: Global Health, Canadian Nurses Association, Frankfurt School
26 Apr 2019
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Global health & human rights : week 12. Discuss the notion of health as a human right and the role of nurses in protecting rights of persons to access health care. Discuss the role of nursing leadership in helping nurses become more empowered and politically active. Identify the benefits of enhancing political awareness among nurses. Describe methods by which nurses can influence social and political change. Paul farmer: i believe in health care as a human right. Many definitions of health merely refer to the absence of disease. Biomedical model ie: can still be healthy when having chronic disease ie: managing type 2 diabetes not considering social determinants of health. Most commonly cited definition of health (who, 1947): A state of complete physical, mental and social well-being, and not merely the absence of disease or infirmity. who citation. Many use the terms health and wellness interchangeably.
