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

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 and Print
Publication Info	Ithaca, N.Y. : ILR ; Bristol : University Presses Marketing [distributor], 2006.
Description	xi, 489 pages ; 24 cm.
Subject(s)	Nursing--Social aspects --United States. Nursing--United States --Public opinion. Nurses--United States --Public opinion. Nurses--United States --Social conditions. Nurses in mass media. Nurse and physician. Public opinion--United States. Attitude of Health Personnel--United States. Job Satisfaction--United States. Nurses--psychology --United States. Nursing--United States. Physician-Nurse Relations--United States. Public Opinion--United States.

Series	The culture and politics of health care work Culture and politics of health care work. ^A1047686
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.)

Library	Location	Call Number	Status	Item Actions
Laupus	Books - Stacks	WY 16 G665N 2006	✔ Available	Place Hold