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Using a historical genealogical approach to examine Ireland's health care system
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2019-12-16
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Flynn, Angela V.
Lynam, Judith M.
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John Wiley & Sons, Inc.
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The health of a nation tells much about the nature of a social contract between citizen and state. The way that health care is organised, and the degree to which it is equitably accessible, constitutes a manifestation of the effects of moments and events in that country's history. Research around health inequalities often focuses on demonstrating current conditions, with little attention paid to how the conditions of inequality have been achieved and sustained. This article presents a novel approach to inequalities research that focuses on examining powerful historical discourses as legitimising processes that serve to sustain unequal conditions. The use of this Foucauldian historical genealogical approach in a study of the Irish health care system is explored and proposed as a novel approach to the research of health inequities.
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Discourse , Foucault , Genealogy , Health , History , Ireland
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Flynn A. V. and Lynam J. M. (2019) 'Using a historical genealogical approach to examine Ireland's health care system', Nursing Inquiry, 27(1), e12319 (9pp). doi: 10.1111/nin.12319
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© 2019. John Wiley & Sons Ltd. This is the peer reviewed version of the following item: Flynn A. V. and Lynam J. M. (2019) 'Using a historical genealogical approach to examine Ireland's health care system', Nursing Inquiry, 27(1), e12319 (9pp), doi: 10.1111/nin.12319, which has been published in final form at: https://doi.org/10.1111/nin.12319 This article may be used for non-commercial purposes in accordance with Wiley Terms and Conditions for Use of Self-Archived Versions