Nursing against the odds : how health care cost cutting, media stereotypes, and medical hubris undermine nurses and patient care / Suzanne Gordon.
| Author/creator | Gordon, Suzanne, 1945- |
| Format | Book |
| Publication Info | Ithaca, N.Y. : ILR ; Bristol : University Presses Marketing [distributor], 2006. |
| Description | xi, 489 pages ; 24 cm. |
| Subjects |
| Series | The 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 note | Originally published: 2005. |
| Bibliography note | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| ISBN | 080147292X (pbk.) |
| ISBN | 9780801472923 (pbk.) |
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| Library | Location | Call Number | Status | Item Actions |
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| Laupus | Books - Stacks | WY 16 G665N 2006 | ✔ Available | Place Hold |