Expanding our understanding of sovereign power: on the creation of zones of exception in forensic psychiatry

The purpose of this paper is to engage with the readers in a theoretical reflection on nursing practices in forensic psychiatric settings. In this paper, we argue that practices of exclusion in forensic psychiatric settings share some common ground with Agamben's description of sovereign power...

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Authors: Jacob, Jean Daniel (Author) ; Foth, Thomas (Author)
Format: Electronic Article
Language:English
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Published: 2013
In: Nursing philosophy
Year: 2013, Volume: 14, Issue: 3, Pages: 178-185
Further subjects:B Nursing
B Mental Health
B Agamben
B Foucault
B sovereign power
B ethics of care
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