The Conduct of Care: Understanding Nursing Practice - Couverture souple

Latimer, Joanna

Couverture souple

ISBN 10 : 0632055758 ISBN 13 : 9780632055753

Editeur : Blackwell Science Ltd, 2000

Synopsis

This text draws attention to how nurses organize ward life. As well as revealing the enormous range of skills that make up the complexity of nursing practice, the analysis details how nurses' conduct does more than deliver care to the individual patients.

A propos du livre

Quatrième de couverture

The Conduct of Care provides completely new insights into hospital life in a contemporary health service under strain. Illustrating how acute medical practice is divided between doctors and nurses, this major new ethnography reveals how nurses organize medicine as well as care. Joanna Latimer s analysis charts the powerful impact of nurses practices upon the treatment of patients. The Conduct of Care is a asocial science classic. With its distinctive analysis of the delivery of acute medical care, the book elucidates what nurses actually accomplish. The book makes a unique contribution to contemporary sociological and feminist critique of health policy and professional practice. Key Features: located nursing in contemporary culture illuminates the full range of nurses organsing work details the scope of nurses skill and knowledge gives voice to the practicing nurse frames nursing practice in its socio–political context The Conduct of Care will inspire practicing nurses and nursing students. Based on substantive empirical research, the book is an invaluable resource for any researcher, educator and policy–maker with and interest in the organization and sociology of medicine and health care.

Revue de presse

"Latimer′s conclusions are an interesting addition to a sociology of health care systems. Reading the book challenges assumptions about the ideal and pragmatic purpose of health care systems. Challenging assumptions is important to maintaing a critical stance toward our work."

Research Headlines

"...Joanna Latimer provides a refreshingly honest and fascinating insight into contemporary nursing in acute services...this exposing and challenging text should probably be compulsory reading for all health care professionals."

Nursing Standard

"This powerful study is frighteningly honest about the problem of poor communication among health care workers and how it can have a profound effect on quality of care. For nursing students and those who are studying the concept of care delivery, this book will be illuminating."

Nursing Times

"...should certainly be ready by hospital and community nurses alike and by all professionals..."

Ageing and Society

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: Blackwell Science Ltd
• Date d'édition: 2000
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 0632055758
• ISBN 13: 9780632055753
• Reliure: Broché
• Nombre de pages: 192
• Coordonnées du fabricant: non disponible
• Personne responsable: non disponible