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. 2024 Jan;25(1):e12420.
doi: 10.1111/nup.12420. Epub 2023 Feb 7.

Lefebvre's production of space: Implications for nursing

Jacqueline A Strus  1 , Dave Holmes  1 , Patrick O'Byrne  1 , Chad Hammond  2
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Lefebvre's production of space: Implications for nursing

Jacqueline A Strus et al. Nurs Philos. 2024 Jan.

Abstract

In this paper, we argue that nurses need to be aware of how the production of space in specific contexts - including health care systems and research institutions - perpetuates marginalized populations' state of social otherness. Lefebvre's idea regarding spatial triad is mobilized in this paper, as it pertains to two-spirited, lesbian, gay, bisexual, trans and queer populations (2SLGBTQ*). We believe that nurses can create counter-spaces within health care systems and research institutions that challenge normative discourses. Lefebvre's work provides us the necessary tools to understand how various places or environments produce identities. In understanding Lefebvre's principles, we believe that nurses can play an essential role in creating counter-spaces, thereby instigating counter-institutional practices, for those who experience otherness.

Keywords: identities; lefebvre; nursing; otherness; resistance; space.

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