Abstract
As more than 90% of the RSA's nurses are women and as at least 50% of the health care clients are also women, nursing research can definitely benefit by incorporating feminist research approaches. Specific feminist research issues which could be relevant to nursing research include: inherent themes in feminist research feminist research methodology gender stereotypes and nursing research gender-based stereotypes of researchers potential benefits of incorporating feminist research approaches in nursing research. Most formal models of nursing, and thus also most nursing research based on these models, ignore gender issues. Thus they ignore part of the social reality of nursing and might provide distorted images of nursing. A feminist approach to nursing research could enhance the reality-based gender issues relevant to nursing specifically, and health care generally, and contribute towards rendering effective health care within a multidisciplinary health care context.
Highlights
This paper will attempt to present a brief overview of what feminist research pur ports to be and to provide a feminist per spective on nursing research
As more than 90% of the Republic of South A fric a ’s (RSA’s) nurses are women and as at least 50% of all the health care clients are women, feminist research approaches seem to deserve a place in all health care research in the RSA
Not all health care and/or nursing re search need be, nor should be, qualita tive nor action research, but all research can approach the social reality of the health care situation more closely by ac knowledging gender issues rather than by ignoring them
Summary
This paper will attempt to present a brief overview of what feminist research pur ports to be and to provide a feminist per spective on nursing research.
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