Geography of childhood sexual abuse: women's narratives of their childhood environments
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The histories of 20 lesbians, all of whom experienced severe sexual abuse in childhood and all of whom were recovering alcoholics, had environmental features in common. The children lived in chaotic, unstable households where they were physically and verbally as well as sexually abused and neglected. The adults expected the children to look after them. The abuse was covered up or denied. Schools and the community did not offer protection and often contributed to the problem. Twenty characteristics of the home environments are identified, and environmentally based interventions are discussed.
Publication Name: Advances in Nursing Science
Subject: Health care industry
ISSN: 0161-9268
Year: 1996
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Beyond "true" and "false" memories: remembering and recovery in the survival of childhood sexual abuse
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Recovery from childhood sexual abuse involves remembering. Nurses need to be aware of the historical roots of the controversy about recovered memory and understand the state of research concerning traumatic memory. Many proponents of the "false memory syndrome" are not aware of the complex interplay of the phenomenological analysis of memory, power disparities between men and women, and how adults dominate children. Memory is always accurate, but memory recovery is a subtle, living process.
Publication Name: Advances in Nursing Science
Subject: Health care industry
ISSN: 0161-9268
Year: 1997
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Bakhtin, nursing narratives, and dialogical consciousness
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Patient narrative helps guide nursing practice. Nurses have long understood the importance of listening to patients but have lacked a theoretical guide to developing this knowledge. Mikhail Bakhtin's dialogical narrative approach is relevant to the need in nursing for narrative, interaction, and personhood. Nurses need to participate in a patient's story with non- judgmental responses and behavioral support.
Publication Name: Advances in Nursing Science
Subject: Health care industry
ISSN: 0161-9268
Year: 1997
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