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Challenges and Possibilities for Understanding Men's Health in Twenty-First Century Forensic Psychiatric Care
Mälardalen University, School of Health, Care and Social Welfare, Health and Welfare.
Red Cross Univ Coll, Stockholm, Sweden.
2014 (English)In: Issues in Mental Health Nursing, ISSN 0161-2840, E-ISSN 1096-4673, Vol. 35, no 8, p. 613-619Article in journal (Refereed) Published
Abstract [en]

Forensic psychiatric care in Sweden constitutes a specific institutional environment in health care in terms of gender and power relationships. This context emphasizes safety and protection in an environment where men constitute a majority of the patients and staff. It involves relationships among men's health, constructions of masculinities, and issues regarding equality between women's and men's caring work. The aim of this theoretical article is to problematize men's health in relation to constructions of masculinities. Our analysis shows how the perception of health is involved in the construction of masculinities and how this plays out in daily interactions between caregivers and patients.

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2014. Vol. 35, no 8, p. 613-619
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Psychiatry Health Sciences
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URN: urn:nbn:se:mdh:diva-27972DOI: 10.3109/01612840.2014.881441ISI: 000353245400008PubMedID: 25072214Scopus ID: 2-s2.0-84905239732OAI: oai:DiVA.org:mdh-27972DiVA, id: diva2:812103
Available from: 2015-05-15 Created: 2015-05-15 Last updated: 2020-01-14Bibliographically approved
In thesis
1. Vårdarnas patientnära arbete inom rättspsykiatrisk vård: det komplexa samspelet mellan samhällsskydd och vårdande utifrån genusperspektiv
Open this publication in new window or tab >>Vårdarnas patientnära arbete inom rättspsykiatrisk vård: det komplexa samspelet mellan samhällsskydd och vårdande utifrån genusperspektiv
2020 (Swedish)Doctoral thesis, comprehensive summary (Other academic)
Abstract [en]

Background Forensic psychiatric care (FPC) is characterized by the complex interaction between mental illness and the crime the patient has committed. For patient care, this means that male nursing staff are often assigned a superior position within FPC, while female nursing staff are presented as especially suited for providing the care itself. The overall aim was, from a gender perspective, to map patterns of patient care within FPC. Method: The dissertation is based on four qualitative studies. One is a literature study, while the other three adopt an ethnographic approach. The data in Study I consists of peer-reviewed articles that were theoretically analyzed. The Data in Study II consists of interviews that were analyzed by discourse psychology. The data in Study III consists of four focus groups. A thematic analysis was performed on the data. In Study IV, the data consists of observations, field notes and interviews, which were analyzed by thematic analysis. Results: Study I show that health in FPC can be perceived as a complex interplay between protecting society, constructions of masculinity and the physical body. Study II illustrates that nursing staff’s talk about patient care should not be separated from structures framing FPC. Study III illuminates that when nursing staff ignore gender in FPC, this may render invisible patients’ unique health needs linked to their life situation. Study IV reveals a pattern in how protecting society is constructed as superior to providing care. This result can be linked to a gender order that results in unequal conditions for nursing staff’s patient care. Conclusion: The results show how the dual goals are intertwined with nursing staff’s gender values, which affect the nurse-patient relationship and health-promoting activities. By constructing protection of society as having higher priority than care, a gender order is maintained that justifies categorization of patients. Failure to pay attention to the interaction between the dual goals and gender may lead to nursing staff overlooking patients’ individual situations and health needs.

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Västerås: Mälardalen University, 2020
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Mälardalen University Press Dissertations, ISSN 1651-4238 ; 309
Keywords
Ethnography, forensic psychiatric care, gender, health, health-promoting activities, patient care, nurse-patient relationship
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Health Sciences
Research subject
Care Sciences
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urn:nbn:se:mdh:diva-46709 (URN)978-91-7485-458-9 (ISBN)
Public defence
2020-03-06, Gamma, Mälardalens högskola, Västerås, 13:00 (Swedish)
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Available from: 2020-01-15 Created: 2020-01-14 Last updated: 2020-01-28Bibliographically approved

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