More Than Medicine: Nurse Practitioners and the Problems They Solve for Patients, Health Care Organizations, and the State - Couverture souple

Trotter, LaTonya J.

Couverture souple

ISBN 10 : 1501748157 ISBN 13 : 9781501748158

Editeur : ILR Press, 2020

Synopsis

In More Than Medicine, LaTonya J. Trotter chronicles the everyday work of a group of nurse practitioners (NPs) working on the front lines of the American health care crisis as they cared for four hundred African American older adults living with poor health and limited means. Trotter describes how these NPs practiced an inclusive form of care work that addressed medical, social, and organizational problems that often accompany poverty. In solving this expanded terrain of problems from inside the clinic, these NPs were not only solving a broader set of concerns for their patients; they became a professional solution for managing "difficult people" for both their employer and the state. Through More Than Medicine, we discover that the problems found in the NP's exam room are as much a product of our nation's disinvestment in social problems as of physician scarcity or rising costs.

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À propos de l'auteur

LaTonya J. Trotter is Assistant Professor in the Department of Sociology at Vanderbilt University. Follow her on X @phdlt.

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: ILR Press
• Date d'édition: 2020
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 1501748157
• ISBN 13: 9781501748158
• Reliure: Broché
• Numéro d'édition: 1
• Nombre de pages: 216
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• Personne responsable: non disponible