This anthology presents the philosophical and practice perspectives of nurse
scholars whose works center on promoting nursing research, practice, and
education within frameworks of social justice and critical theories. Social
justice nursing is defi ned by the editors as nursing practice that is emancipatory and rests on the principle of praxis, which is practice aimed at attaining
social justice goals and outcomes that improve health experiences and conditions of individuals, their communities, and society. There is a lack in the
nursing discipline of resources that contain praxis approaches and there is
a need for new concepts, models, and theories that could encompass scholarship and practice aimed at purposive reformation of nursing, other health
professions, and health care systems. Chapters bridge critical theoretical
frameworks and nursing science in ways that are understandable and useful
for practicing nurses and other health professionals in clinical settings, in
academia, and in research.
In this book, nurses’ ideas and knowledge development efforts are not
limited to problems and solutions emerging from the dominant discourse
or traditions. The authors offer innovative ways to work towards establishing alternative forms of knowledge, capable of capturing both the roots
and complexity of contemporary problems as distributed across a diversity of people and communities. It fi lls a signifi cant gap in the literature
and makes an exceptional contribution as a collection of new writings from
some of the foremost nursing scholars whose works are informed by critical
frameworks.