Send a letter to The SunSite
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… al was "a bit of a laugh," but public health research shows that even media images with comic intent influence the way people think and act with regard to health care. The unparalleled naughty nurse stereotype discourages practicing and pot …
Letter to the Baltimore SunSite
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… son to be treated like second class citizens than anyone else (even comedians whose idea of fresh, funny material is the observation that women love to shop for hours). In fact, Article 19 of the UN Convention on the Rights of the Child, re …
Send a letter to Secretary Thompson about the "Take a Loved One to a Doctor Day"!Site
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… urses--though still subject to regressive stereotypes in most popular media--are highly skilled, life-saving professionals who are changing the future of health care through groundbreaking research and clinical innovation. Prominent recogni …
Send a letter to the University of Alberta Provost and Medical School DeanSite
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… kely to provide dangerously poor care, as recent reports in the world media have made clear. Moreover, such physicians are a major cause of nursing burnout, which is itself a key factor in the nursing shortage that threatens lives worldwide …
Send a letter to HouseSite
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… is yet another in an endless string of nurse-as-brainless-sex-object media images. The nurse character in this episode displays no real health care expertise. Later, she responds to her crashing patient in classic "House"-nurse style, as t …
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