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Breaking the chains: Decolonizing the language of Nursology.

Daniel Felipe Martín Suárez-Baquero
Published in: Nursing philosophy : an international journal for healthcare professionals (2023)
In this article, I discuss the concept of 'Decolonizing Nursing', answering what this process is about, and how and when it should be done. I introduce the idea of epistemological dominance and the concepts of colonization and decolonization of nursing knowledge. I describe my experiences of coming from Latin America and facing Anglo-Saxon academy to discuss core disciplinary nursing knowledge and provide reflections around the decolonization of nursing language.
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