This article presents a critique of various aspects of feminist practice
that were not helpful in the context of the author's work in an
underfunded inner-city public hospital in an impoverished, culturally
diverse community. It also analyzes those aspects that were helpful
and illuminated some of the ways in which race, class, and gender are
played out in everyday life.
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