Postmodernism and physiotherapy research

Nicholls, David A.

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“…The theoretical concepts of power, disciplining, self-disciplining and resistance have through many years provided an alternative view for clinical professionals such as physicians and nurses (Armstrong, 1994;Campbell, 2011;Fox, Ward, and O'Rourke, 2005;McCarthy, 2010;Nielsen and Glasdam, 2011;Patton, 1998;Rabinow and Rose, 2003;Riley and Manias, 2002;Roberts, 2005;Rose, 1990Rose, , 1994 and also physiotherapists (Eisenberg, 2012;Nicholls, 2009;Nicholls, 2012aNicholls, , 2012bNicholls and Holmes;.…”

Section: Theoretical Frameworkmentioning

confidence: 97%

“…In physiotherapy, the approaches have focused on what physiotherapy practice is. They have been used to show how: the concept of body is disciplined into a biomechanical and medical view of body-as-machine (Darnell, 2007;Jorgensen, 2000;Nicholls, 2012b;Nicholls and Gibson, 2010;Nicholls and Holmes, 2012;Shaw and DeForge, 2012); historical and socio-political dimensions underpin physiotherapy and its practice (Gibson and Teachman, 2012;Nicholls, 2012a;Rugseth and Engelsrud, 2007); power relationship in physiotherapy and inter-professionality can be revealed (Bartlett, Lucy, Bisbee, and Conti-Becker, 2009;Eisenberg, 2012;Smith, Roberts, and Balmer, 2000;Thornquist, 2011) and traditional concepts and assumptions of physiotherapy are challenged (Cahalin 2012;Engelsrud, 2006Engelsrud, , 2007Engelsrud and Heggen, 2007;Foord-May and May, 2007;Gibson and Teachman, 2012;Higgs, Refshauge, and Ellis, 2001;Larsson and Gard, 2006;Nicholls and Holmes, 2012;Noronen and Wikström-Grotell, 1999;Schriver, 2003;Schriver and Engelsrud, 2007;Thornquist, 1998). In continuation of this growing approach to research in physiotherapy, this study aims to explore how physiotherapy is practiced from the perspective of physiotherapists in Danish private context within a Foucauldian perspective.…”

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confidence: 99%

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Physiotherapy as a disciplinary institution in modern society – a Foucauldian perspective on physiotherapy in Danish private practice

Præstegaard

Gard

Glasdam

2014

Physiotherapy Theory and Practice

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In many Western countries, physiotherapy in a private context is practiced and managed within a neoliberal ideology. Little is known about how private physiotherapeutic practice functions, which is why this study aims to explore how physiotherapy is practiced from the perspective of physiotherapists in Danish private practice, within a Foucauldian perspective. This study consisted of 21 interviews with physiotherapists employed in private practice and observation notes of the clinic. Interviews and observation notes were analyzed through the lens of Foucault's concepts of discipline, self-discipline, power and resistance. Three categories were constructed: (1) the tacit transition from person to patient; (2) the art of producing docile bodies; and (3) the inhibition of freedom of action by practicing in private homes. From a Foucauldian perspective, private physiotherapeutic practices have a disciplinary function in modern society as the physiotherapists produce docile bodies through disciplinary technologies, whereby their business becomes profitable. Most patients support the physiotherapists' "regime of truth" but if they resist, they are either excluded or accepted as "abnormal" but as a necessary source of income. The physiotherapists appear to be unconscious of the bio-powers working "behind their backs" as they are subject to the Western medical logic, and the neoliberal framework that rules their businesses.

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Section: Theoretical Frameworkmentioning

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Section: Introductionmentioning

confidence: 99%

Physiotherapy as a disciplinary institution in modern society – a Foucauldian perspective on physiotherapy in Danish private practice

Præstegaard

Gard

Glasdam

2014

Physiotherapy Theory and Practice

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“…In advocating for a postmodernist approach to physiotherapy research, we should employ critical thinking to reconstruct physiotherapy curricula from the bottom-up (Nicholls 2012 ), whilst also developing models of practice that are far more diverse and inclusive (Nicholls & Holmes 2012 ). Decolonised curricula and pedagogies can ensure a closer alignment for black students, who have often felt alienated from higher learning in South Africa, between who they are and what they are learning (Vorster & Quinn 2017 ).…”

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confidence: 99%

Decoloniality in physiotherapy education, research and practice in South Africa

Cobbing

2021

South African Journal of Physiotherapy

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Background: Historically, the profession of physiotherapy in South Africa has closely aligned itself with our former colonial master, the United Kingdom. Whilst efforts have been made in recent years to transform our profession, numerous challenges remain. An improved understanding of the topic of decoloniality is a useful and necessary way of beginning to address these challenges.Objectives: The aim of this opinion piece is to encourage further dialogue amongst South African physiotherapists working in all sectors – a dialogue that must focus on genuinely transforming our profession to be better suited to serving the majority of South Africans.Method: Global and local literature related to decoloniality is summarised for readers, followed by a closer scrutiny of how this topic relates to some of the challenges faced by the profession of physiotherapy in South Africa.Results: The evidence presented demonstrates that whilst some efforts have been made to transform South African physiotherapy, significant work and dialogue is required to bring about a true transformation of the profession.Conclusion: An honest and transparent conversation about decoloniality and transformation can assist in realising the potential of our profession, thereby improving the health and well-being of all South Africans.Clinical implications: Real engagement with this topic can assist in transforming who enters our profession, what we teach, where and why we conduct research and how we can ensure that physiotherapy practice contributes to real social justice by benefitting the majority of our population.

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“…The mental health promotion phenomenon will be explored in light of the philosophical perspective of post-modernism. According to post-modernism, people are an effect or result of social and historical processes, which translates into a very positive approach to philosophy, since it seeks to create space for diversity and inclusiveness, thus influencing the development of knowledge in nursing sciences in the late 20 th century (Nicholls, 2012). This new perspective of nursing includes a recognition of changes and the plasticity of events, regressing to the context more than to the authority of the abstract voice of theory.…”

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Contributions of nursing theories in the practice of the mental health promotion

2018

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Background: Mental health promotion is an important phenomenon for nursing sciences, which requires a perspective from nursing theories. Although the evidence points to the effectiveness of the interventions in this domain, it is little based on nursing theories. Objective: To explore different theoretical contributions of nursing, taking as reference the phenomenon of mental health promotion. Main topics under analysis: Mental health promotion, the philosophical perspective of post-modernism, the theory of interpersonal relations, the health promotion model, the transitions theory, and the adaptation model and their contributions to mental health promotion. Conclusion: Some theoretical contributions to mental health promotion should be highlighted, such as the importance of building interpersonal relations with the patients (Peplau) and identifying the person as a biopsychosocial being (Pender) who undergoes transitions (Meleis) and requires support to adjust and adopt healthier behaviors (Roy).

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Postmodernism and physiotherapy research

Cited by 10 publications

References 34 publications

Physiotherapy as a disciplinary institution in modern society – a Foucauldian perspective on physiotherapy in Danish private practice

Physiotherapy as a disciplinary institution in modern society – a Foucauldian perspective on physiotherapy in Danish private practice

Decoloniality in physiotherapy education, research and practice in South Africa

Contributions of nursing theories in the practice of the mental health promotion

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