The complexities of care
Subtitle: nursing reconsidered
By: edited by Sioban Nelson and Suzanne Gordon.
Contributors: Nelson, Sioban.; Gordon, Suzanne, 1945-
Series: The culture and politics of health care work
Publisher: ILR Press
Published: 2006
Place of publication: Ithaca, N.Y
Language: eng
Number of pages: 211
Subjects: Nursing; Nursing -- Philosophy; Nursing ethics; Nursing -- Social aspects; Care of the sick
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. [191]-202) and index.
Table of contents: title: Moving beyond the virtue script in nursing : creating a knowledge-based identity for nurses / Suzanne Gordon and Sioban Nelson; title: When little things are big things : the importance of relationships for nurses' professional practice / Dana Beth Weinberg; title: Pride and prejudice : nurses' struggle with reasoned debate / Diana J. Mason; title: Moral integrity and regret in nursing / Lydia L. Moland; title: Ethical expertise and the problem of the good nurse / Sioban Nelson; title: From sickness to health / Tom Keighley; title: The new Cartesianism : dividing mind and body and thus disembodying care / Suzanne Gordon; title: Nurses must be clever to care / Sanchia Aranda and Rosie Brown; title: "You don't want to stay here" : surgical nursing and the disappearance of patient recovery time / Marie Heartfield; title: Research on nurse staffing and its outcomes : the challenges and risks of grasping at shadows / Sean Clarke; title: Conclusion: Nurses wanted : sentimental men and women need not apply / Sioban Nelson and Suzanne Gordon.