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The Importance of Being Acceptable - Psychiatric Staffs Talk about Women Patients in Forensic Care
Mid Sweden Univ SE, Sweden; Ersta Skondal Bracke Univ Coll, Sweden.
Univ Gavle, Sweden.
Linköping University, Department of Social and Welfare Studies, Social Work. Linköping University, Faculty of Arts and Sciences.
Umea Univ, Sweden.
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2019 (English)In: Issues in Mental Health Nursing, ISSN 0161-2840, E-ISSN 1096-4673, Vol. 40, no 2, p. 124-132Article in journal (Refereed) Published
Abstract [en]

Currently, women comprise about ten percent of those sentenced to psychiatric forensic clinics in Sweden. Those who are sentenced to forensic care because of offending and violent behaviour have already taken a step away from the usually expected female behaviour. On the other hand, there are many women in forensic care who have not committed crimes, but who instead self-harm. Studies have identified a gender bias in diagnosing and care in psychiatric settings, but there are few studies conducted on women in forensic care. The present study therefore examined how the situation of women patients and female norms are expressed in the staffs talk about these women during verbal handovers and ward rounds at a forensic clinic in Sweden. The aim was to explore how psychiatric staff, in a context of verbal handovers and ward rounds, talk about women who have been committed to forensic psychiatric care, and what consequences this might have for the care of the patients. The content of speech was examined using audio recordings and a method of analysis that was inspired by thematic analysis. The analysis identified that the staff talked about the women in a way that indicates that they expected the women to follow the rules and take responsibility for their bodies in order to be regarded as acceptable patients.

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TAYLOR & FRANCIS INC , 2019. Vol. 40, no 2, p. 124-132
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URN: urn:nbn:se:liu:diva-156582DOI: 10.1080/01612840.2018.1514551ISI: 000463571900006PubMedID: 30481089OAI: oai:DiVA.org:liu-156582DiVA, id: diva2:1315842
Available from: 2019-05-15 Created: 2019-05-15 Last updated: 2021-09-08

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