| Description |
viii, 211 pages ; 23 cm. |
| Series |
The culture and politics of health care work |
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Culture and politics of health care work.
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| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages [191]-202) and index. |
| Contents |
Acknowledgments -- Introduction / Sioban Nelson and Suzanne Gordon -- 1. Moving beyond the virtue script in nursing : creating a knowledge-based identity for nurses / Suzanne Gordon and Sioban Nelson -- 2. When little things are big things : the importance of relationships for nurses' professional practice / Dana Beth Weinberg -- 3. Pride and prejudice : nurses' struggle with reasoned debate / Diana J. Mason -- 4. Moral integrity and regret in nursing / Lydia L. Moland -- 5. Ethical expertise and the problem of the good nurse / Sioban Nelson -- 6. From sickness to health / Tom Keighley -- 7. The new Cartesianism : dividing mind and body and thus disembodying care / Suzanne Gordon -- 8. Nurses must be clever to care / Sanchia Aranda and Rosie Brown -- 9. "You don't want to stay here" : surgical nursing and the disappearance of patient recovery time / Marie Heartfield -- 10. Research on nurse staffing and its outcomes : the challenges and risks of grasping at shadows / Sean Clarke -- 11. Conclusion : Nurses wanted : sentimental men and women need not apply / Sioban Nelson and Suzanne Gordon -- Notes -- Contributions -- Index. |
| Subject |
Nursing.
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Nursing -- Philosophy.
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Nursing ethics.
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Nursing -- Social aspects.
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Care of the sick.
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Nursing Care.
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Ethics, Nursing.
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Philosophy, Nursing.
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| Added Author |
Nelson, Sioban.
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Gordon, Suzanne, 1945-
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| ISBN |
0801445051 cloth alkaline paper |
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9780801445057 cloth alkaline paper |
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0801473225 paperback alkaline paper |
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9780801473227 paperback alkaline paper |
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