Nursing in asylum seeker detention in Australia: Care, rights and witnessing
Access Status
Open access via publisher
Authors
Zion, D.
Briskman, Linda
Loff, B.
Date
2009Type
Journal Article
Metadata
Show full item recordCitation
Zion, D. and Briskman, L. and Loff, B. 2009. Nursing in asylum seeker detention in Australia: Care, rights and witnessing. Journal of Medical Ethics. 35 (9): pp. 546-551.
Source Title
Journal of Medical Ethics
ISSN
School
Centre for Human Rights Education
Collection
Abstract
The system of asylum seeker detention in Australia is one in which those seeking refuge are stripped of many of their rights, including the right to health. This presents serious ethical problems for healthcare providers working within this system. In this article we describe asylum seeker detention and analyse the role of nurses. We discuss how far an "ethics of care" and witnessing the suffering of asylum seekers can serve to improve their situation and improve ethical nursing practice.
Related items
Showing items related by title, author, creator and subject.
-
Fleay, Caroline; Hartley, Lisa (2016)While numbers of asylum seekers received by Australia are small compared to global figures, a range of deterrence measures have been implemented in response to increasing numbers arriving by boat in recent years. One of ...
-
Croucamp, C.; O'Connor, Moira; Pedersen, A.; Breen, L. (2016)Objective: The current study investigated the role of cognitive, affective, and behavioural information in the prediction of overall attitudes towards asylum seekers. Method: A sample of 98 Australian adults participated ...
-
Hartley, Lisa; Pedersen, Anne (2007)There is little research regarding the social psychological processes shaping community opinions about asylum seeker policy. Here, we explored two issues by way of a random community survey of the Perth metropolitan area. ...