Nursing against the odds : how health care cost cutting, media stereotypes, and medical hubris undermine nurses and patient care / Suzanne Gordon.

SeriesThe culture and politics of health care work
An ILR Press book
Culture and politics of health care work. ^A1047686
ILR press book. ^A1103197
Contents Preface -- Introduction -- Part One: Nurses and doctors at work -- Manufacturing the dominant doctor -- Designing the doctor-nurse game -- The disruptive medical system -- Fatal synergy -- Making matters worse -- Part Two: The media and nursing -- Dropped from the picture -- Missing from the news -- Unavailable for comment -- Part Three: Hospitals and nursing -- Mangling care -- The new nursing universe -- Nurses on the ropes -- No nurse left behind -- Management by churn -- Failure to rescue -- Conclusion: changing the odds.
General noteOriginally published: 2005.
Bibliography noteIncludes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN080147292X (pbk.)
ISBN9780801472923 (pbk.)

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