Deana Kanagasingam
Biographic Data
| ID | 4273468 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Deana Kanagasingam |
| GIVEN NAMES | Deana |
| FAMILY NAME | Kanagasingam |
| SIGNATURE | KANAGASINGAM D |
| AFFILIATIONS | University of British Columbia |
| ORCID | 0000-0001-6070-5625 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 5 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 3 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 5 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2020 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2023 |
| H-INDEX | 1 |
Integrating person-centred care and social justice
Person-centred care (PCC) has been touted as a promising paradigm for improving patients' experiences and outcomes, and the overall therapeutic environment for a range of health conditions, including obesity. While this approach represents an important shift away from a paternalistic and disease-focused paradigm, we argue that PCC must be explicitly informed by a social justice lens to achieve optimal conditions for health and well-being. We sugg…
Addressing the complexity of equitable care for larger patients
The notion of obesity as a pathological state within the individual remains the dominant perspective in public health and biomedicine. However, there has been a growing call to re-examine this assumption from a social justice lens. Given that obesity is itself a contested term, there is a lack of consensus on what constitutes a social justice approach to addressing weight and health. Underpinning such debates amongst social justice researchers is…
It's not just to treat everybody the same
Drawing on semi-structured interviews with larger bodied patients (n = 20) and their healthcare practitioners (n = 22) in Canada, this paper combines micro and macro approaches in outlining a social justice approach to caring for larger patients in healthcare practice. Theoretically, we draw upon structural competency and critical consciousness to address the question of how social justice is enacted, experienced, and understood in interactions b…
Illuminating the ethical tensions in the obesity Canada website
Even though considerable resources have been allocated to the study of obesity, there is no consensus on its definition, causes, or solutions. Amidst ongoing debates over understandings of obesity, Obesity Canada (OC) was established to enhance the quality of life of Canadians with obesity through the advancement of anti-discrimination, policy change, and obesity prevention and treatment. Drawing upon a transdisciplinary social justice framework,…
From invisible to extraordinary
From invisible to extraordinary
It's not just to treat everybody the same
Drawing on semi-structured interviews with larger bodied patients (n = 20) and their healthcare practitioners (n = 22) in Canada, this paper combines micro and macro approaches in outlining a social justice approach to caring for larger patients in healthcare practice. Theoretically, we draw upon structural competency and critical consciousness to address the question of how social justice is enacted, experienced, and understood in interactions b…
From invisible to extraordinary
Illuminating the ethical tensions in the obesity Canada website
Even though considerable resources have been allocated to the study of obesity, there is no consensus on its definition, causes, or solutions. Amidst ongoing debates over understandings of obesity, Obesity Canada (OC) was established to enhance the quality of life of Canadians with obesity through the advancement of anti-discrimination, policy change, and obesity prevention and treatment. Drawing upon a transdisciplinary social justice framework,…
Addressing the complexity of equitable care for larger patients
The notion of obesity as a pathological state within the individual remains the dominant perspective in public health and biomedicine. However, there has been a growing call to re-examine this assumption from a social justice lens. Given that obesity is itself a contested term, there is a lack of consensus on what constitutes a social justice approach to addressing weight and health. Underpinning such debates amongst social justice researchers is…
It's not just to treat everybody the same
Drawing on semi-structured interviews with larger bodied patients (n = 20) and their healthcare practitioners (n = 22) in Canada, this paper combines micro and macro approaches in outlining a social justice approach to caring for larger patients in healthcare practice. Theoretically, we draw upon structural competency and critical consciousness to address the question of how social justice is enacted, experienced, and understood in interactions b…
Integrating person-centred care and social justice
Person-centred care (PCC) has been touted as a promising paradigm for improving patients' experiences and outcomes, and the overall therapeutic environment for a range of health conditions, including obesity. While this approach represents an important shift away from a paternalistic and disease-focused paradigm, we argue that PCC must be explicitly informed by a social justice lens to achieve optimal conditions for health and well-being. We sugg…
Political science (5 works) · Sociology (5 works) · Law (4 works) · Obesity and Health Practices (4 works) · Psychology (4 works) · Social Psychology (4 works) · Economic Justice (3 works) · Health care (3 works) · Criminology (2 works) · Gender Studies (2 works)