NSE 112 Lecture Notes - Lecture 2: Frankfurt School, Diabetes Care, Blood Sugar
30 Jan 2016
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A critical social theory approach to nursing care of. Adolescents with diabetes are oppressed by health care professionals who use approaches to diabetes care delivery that are paternalistic in nature. These approaches can lead to negative health/diabetes outcomes in this age group. Oppression is defined as one group prescribing the behavior of another. Oppressed groups are controlled by outside forces with greater prestige, power, and status. Critical social theory emphasizes recognition of oppressive behavior and emancipation for a group of people. They struggle with the same family, school, and peer issues as adolescents without diabetes. The developmental stage of adolescence is characterized by the pursuit of individuation, the search for identity, physical changes, and social challenges. A preoccupation with the present can affect the level of diabetes management. A lack of concern for the future or the potential implications of their current actions may cause adolescents to forego various aspects of diabetes management.
