… This article draws on observations from ethnographic fieldwork to develop a theoretical
understanding of the power dynamics in psychiatric care. The aim is to analyze how psychiatric …

… nurses as spiritual healers, distinguishing their contribution to psychiatric and mental health
care from that of other professions. How nurses actually do this is, for Barker, 'the question I …

… underlying power dynamic to reduce coercion in psychiatry. … dynamic if we want to reduce
coercion in psychiatric care. … but must tackle the power dynamics within which they are …

… differential between the interviewer, whom they knew to be a psychiatrist, and themselves. …
the sharing of power in sharing decisions with their clinicians as a dynamic process. However, …

… of coercion; and power dynamics. Our conceptual analysis shows … better understanding of
the power dynamics and ethical issues … Power dynamics with colleagues and other health care …

… doctor or prescriber in the health care encounter. In such a complex … power in the context
of psychiatric services, it does not really talk about the changing or dynamic context of power or …

… knowledge, then power, as a fundamental dynamic in a given … that the nature of power and
powerlessness be understood as it … Psychiatric nurses are charged with the care of people …

… This paper is based upon ethnographic fieldwork in a Norwegian psychiatric unit practicing a
… I explore the dynamics of power relations inherent in the programme, referring to Foucault's …

… as this may have implications for this power dynamic. The context and mechanisms that lead
to … care team may be contacted if there was any distress. If the participant wished, their care …

… Furthermore, our results reflect the power dynamics associated with the hierarchies of nurses
and physicians, in line with an earlier study by Haines et al. (2018) who found that nurses …