1st Edition
Antiracism Nursing and Midwifery From Praxis to Action
1. What is racism doing in a nice profession like nursing and midwifery
Dr Natalie Stake-Doucet, RN, Ph.D. and Dr Sarah Esegbona-Adeigbe Ph.D.
2. Critical theories to disrupt racism in nursing and midwifery – critical race theory, critical whiteness studies
Dr Ifrah Salih EdD. and Dr Musharrat J. Ahmed-Landeryou Ph.D.
3. Anti-racism Leadership
Ms Mushtag Kahin and Dr Musharrat J. Ahmed-Landeryou Ph.D.
4. Anti-racism in Nursing and Midwifery Education: A Pathway to Social Justice
5. Practice Education - Not Just Equality but an Anti-racism Approach
Naheeda Rehman and Dr Shadrach Dare Ph.D.
6. A Story of Outcomes From An EdD Research On ‘The internation nurse: culture and communication in the NHS’
Dr Michelle Dillon EdD.
7. The Welsh Policy Story: Anti-racism and Leadership Challenges in Nursing
Professor Sue Tranka, Richard Desir and Professor Anton Emmanuel
8. Racism and Health Inequity: A Nursing and Midwifery Perspective From Brazil
9. Changing Australian Nursing and Midwifery: undoing decades of racism in health care
Professor Tracy Reibel and Professor Rhonda Marriott
10. Exposing colonialism and development of anti-racism in nursing and midwifery in Nigeria
Yetunde Akinnuoye
11. The invisible racism; racism against Gypsy, Roma, Travellers and strategies for improved Nursing and Midwifery provision
Professor Vanessa Heaslip and Hal King
12. Anti-racism Healing
Dr Timothea Vo Ph.D.
Conclusion: From Rhetoric to Reality – Sustaining Anti-racism in Nursing and Midwifery
Professor Linda Deravin, Adrienne Lipscomb and Hayley Renee Mongta
Biography
Musharrat J. Ahmed-Landeryou is Associate Professor and Professional Lead in Occupational Therapy at London South Bank University, where she leads the School of Allied and Community Health’s decolonising strategy.
“This book is a courageous and insightful examination of racism in nursing and midwifery, revealing how inequality persists despite decades of policy driven solutions. Through the combined power of Critical Race Theory and studies it exposed the hidden dynamics woven into systems, cultures and everyday practice. Using real life case studies, it brings to light the structural forces that undermine fairness and compromise the wellbeing of both staff and patients. This work challenges readers to confront uncomfortable truths while offering a clear pathway to meaningful reform. Personally I believe this is essential reading for all who are committed to creating a just, compassionate and inclusive profession.“
- Michelle Cox, FRCN FQICN, Michelle Cox Consultancy
“This book takes the reader on a rigorous and critically informed journey that positions anti-racism as foundational to nursing and midwifery theory and practice. Drawing on Critical Race Theory, it makes visible the structural, institutional, and everyday manifestations of racism within the professions, offering clear definitions alongside grounded examples. Interwoven throughout the chapters are emancipatory concepts and practices that invite the reader into acts of critical reflection and praxis. In doing so, the book moves beyond description to action, equipping nurses and midwives to challenge inequity, advance justice, and support care practices that recognise and uphold the value of all life. It is essential reading not only for practitioners, but also for policy makers, managers and leaders, whose decisions shape education, workforce cultures, and health systems, providing critical insights to inform equitable policy, ethical leadership, and systemic change.”
- Professor Joy Warmington , CEO BRAP (Birmingham Race Action Partnership)
“This book is important and transformative. The book is a powerful and necessary examination of racism and antiracism in nursing and midwifery. Combining scholarship with lived experience, it supports professionals, leaders, policy makers and students to critically reflect on practice, confront structural inequities, and commit to actions, creating more socially just, inclusive, and compassionate nursing and midwifery to change the status quo.”
- Professor Gina Awoko Higginbottom, MBE, FQICN, FAAN Emeritus Professor of Ethnicity and Community Health, School of Health Sciences, University of Nottingham, Adjunct Professor, University of Alberta, Canada
