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Voluntarism: is it a useful concept for health education in the accident and emergency department?
Author(s) -
McKenna Gilean
Publication year - 1993
Publication title -
journal of advanced nursing
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.948
H-Index - 155
eISSN - 1365-2648
pISSN - 0309-2402
DOI - 10.1046/j.1365-2648.1993.18050731.x
Subject(s) - voluntarism (philosophy) , perspective (graphical) , empowerment , health care , accident and emergency , public relations , accident (philosophy) , nursing , medicine , political science , sociology , medical emergency , law , philosophy , epistemology , artificial intelligence , computer science
As the year 2000 looms closer, the emphasis on health education as a means of attaining the 38 targets for ‘Health for All’ increases Despite various initiatives, little, if any, progress has been made in narrowing the health divide Currently, terms such as ‘self‐care',‘individual responsibility’ and ‘community empowerment’ are often used with emphasis on individual freedom to choose The author contends that to assume all individuals have that freedom and act voluntarily, is to deny the impact of social structure on health Health education and the concept of voluntarism will be critically examined from the perspective of nursing in an accident and emergency department