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Thomas Foth, PhD

Assistant Professor

Room: RGN 3245B
Phone: 613-562-5800, Ext. 8435
Fax: 613-562-5443
Email: thomas.foth@uOttawa.ca

Thomas Foth

Biography

Thomas Foth is a lecturer at the School of Nursing in the Faculty of Health Sciences at the University of Ottawa. He has worked on many research projects in the fields of interdisciplinary cooperation between nurses and physicians, nursing professionalization processes in Germany as well as psychiatry in that country. As a nurse, he has worked in different areas of the profession. He taught at a nursing school in Germany before he came to Canada. His doctoral research project explores the participation of nurses in the killing of more than 200,000 sick persons during the Nazi regime. He received financial support from Robert Bosch Stiftung, a foundation in Germany, and the AMS Nursing History Research Unit at the University of Ottawa.

Foth’s fields of interest include history of nursing, critical theory of nursing action, nursing theories, philosophy of science, ethics, care provided to marginalized populations, technologies and nursing, power relationships between health care professionals and patients as well as gender. Most of his work is based on the discourse analytical approach, oriented on the works of Michel Foucault, queer theorists and postcolonial studies. He also uses approaches from actor-network theories and the “newer” critical theory in Germany.

Year	Degree	Institution
2011	PhD, Nursing	University of Ottawa, CA
2007	MSc, Nursing Science	University of Bremen, DE
2007	State exam, 1st grade	University of Bremen, DE
2006	Certificate: Gender studies	University of Bremen, DE
1999	State-approved Diploma in Nursing	Wilhelmsburg Catholic Hospital

Research Interests

Nursing history and discourse analysis
Ethics
Actor-network theory
Subjectification processes and nursing
Critical theory and “Frankfurt School”
Queer theories and postcolonial theories
Professionalization

Research projects (2009 – 2011)

Final Report: Foth, T., Block, K. (2011). Die Perspektive von Hausärzt_innen sowie ambulanten und heimstationären Pflegekräften auf die Effizienz ärztlich-pflegerischer Kooperation—eine qualitative Studie. [How do the perspectives of physicians and nurses differ regarding the efficiency of their cooperation—a qualitative study]. Projekt der Robert Bosch Stiftung und Arbeits- und Koordinationsstelle Gesundheitsversorgungsforschung (AKG). Projektleitung: Schmacke, N., Stamer, M.

Books authored

Block, K., Foth, T.,. Allgemeinmedizin und Pflege in der ambulanten Versorgung [Nurses and General Practitioners in ambulatory care], Juventa, In Press, 225p.

Refereed chapters in books

Darmann-Finck, I. & Foth, T. (2011). Bildungsforschung, Qualifikationsforschung und Sozialisationsforschung in der Pflege [Educational research and professional science research of qualification and socialisation in nursing]. In: Handbuch Pflegewissenschaft.
Foth, T. (In Press). Regieren durch Akten. Die Funktion von PatientInnenakten bei den Krankenmorden während des NS-Faschismus. [Governing through documents. The function of the medicals records in the killing of sick persons during the NS-regime]. In: Strukturentstehung durch Verflechtung. Akteur-Netzwerk-Theorie(n) und Automatismen.
Foth, T. (Accepted). Caring and Devastation in Nazi-Germany. In: D’Antonio, P., Fairman, J., Whelan, J. (Eds.). Handbook on the Global History of Nursing, Routledge.
Foth, T. (Accepted). Changing Perspectives: From the ‘Euthanasia Killings’ to the ‘Killings of Sick Persons’. In: Benedict, S., Shields, L. Nurses’ ‘Participation’ in the Nazi ‘Euthanasia’ Programs, Routledge.

Published articles in refereed journals

Foth, T. 2009. Biopolitical Spaces, Vanished Death, and the Power of Vulnerability in Nursing. Aporia.
Foth, T.; Steiner, C. (2007). Im Spannungsfeld zwischen Natur und Technik: Pflege als Bewahrerin des natürlichen Körpers? [Between nature and technology: nursing science and the natural body], intensiv Zeitschrift für Anästhesie und Intensivmedizin, 15, 21-29
Foth, T.; Perron, A.; Holmes, D.; Stuart, M. (submitted). (Re)formation du matériau humain : Exploration du travail infirmier auprès de populations captives en milieux psycho-légaux

Papers in refereed conference proceedings

Foth, T., Perron, A., Holmes, D., and Stuart, M. (2009). Gestion biopolitique d’une population captive. Analyse critique des soins infirmiers en milieux psycho-légaux. Colloque « La biopolitique outre Atlantique après Foucault », ACFAS 2009. Université d’Ottawa.
Holmes, D., Perron, A., and Foth, T. (2009). Infirmières, lutte contre le terrorisme et violations du droit: le camp comme assise d’une analyse politique. International Academy of Law and Mental Health, New York City, United States.
Foth, T. (2010). Regieren durch Dokumente. ANT-Workshop Strukturenstehung durch Verflechtung, Graduiertenkolleg ‚Autmatismen‘, Universität Paderborn, Germany.
Foth, T. (2010). Kooperation als gemeinsames Ziel? Wie erleben Hausärzt_innen und Pflegegekräfte die Effizienz ihrer Kooperation. Stipendiatenkolleg der Robert Bosch Stiftung Interdisziplinäre Zusammenarbeit. Groningen, Netherlands.
Foth, T. (2011, upcoming). Understanding Nursing as a Dispositif: Healing and Devastation in the Age of Biopower. 4th International In Sickness & In Health Conference, Odense, Denmark.
Foth, T. (2011, upcoming). Nurses as accomplices in the murder of sick persons in Germany before, during and after the Nazi regime. 2011 CSHM/CAHN Annual Conference. University of New Brunswick, Fredericton, Canada.

Articles publishes in newspapers

Foth, T. Die Psychiatrie mordete nicht nur im Faschismus. Es braucht neue Perspektiven auf die Ermordung Kranker. analyse & kritik zeitschrift für linke debatte und praxis, ak, (2011), 564: 27.

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