Andrews, Gavin and Kitchin, Rob (2005) Geography and nursing: convergence in cyberspace? Nursing Inquiry, 12 (4). pp. 316-324. ISSN 1320-7881

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Abstract

During the last 3 years the interface between geography and nursing has provided fertile ground for research. Not only has a conceptual emphasis on space and place provided nurse researchers with a robust and subtly different way to deconstruct and articulate nursing environments, but also their studies have provided a much needed focus on certain areas of health-care, and in particular clinical practice, not currently prioritized by health geographers. We argue that, as something that is forcing fundamental re-considerations of the nature of both nursing and geography, cyberspace is a particularly important phenomenon that lies comparatively under-researched at this interface. To encourage some interest in researching nursing and cyberspace through a geographical lens, and at least to showcase a range of potentially useful and transportable concepts, we provide an overview of some of the key debates pertaining to cyberspace developed by human geographers, and make some initial and tentative connections to nursing.

Item Type:	Article
Keywords:	cyberspace; geography; place; space; therapeutic landscape; virtual nursing;
Academic Unit:	Faculty of Social Sciences > Geography Faculty of Social Sciences > Research Institutes > National Institute for Regional and Spatial analysis, NIRSA
Item ID:	3849
Depositing User:	Prof. Rob Kitchin
Date Deposited:	10 Sep 2012 14:59
Journal or Publication Title:	Nursing Inquiry
Publisher:	Blackwell Publishing
Refereed:	Yes
URI:	Publisher
Use Licence:	This item is available under a Creative Commons Attribution Non Commercial Share Alike Licence (CC BY-NC-SA). Details of this licence are available here

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