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Record Nr.

UNINA9910806887503321

Autore

Allen Davina <1963->

Titolo

The changing shape of nursing practice : the role of nurses in the hospital division of labour / / Davina Allen

Pubbl/distr/stampa

London, : Routledge, 2001

ISBN

1-134-60595-1

9786610018642

1-134-60596-X

1-280-01864-X

9780203169816

0-203-13097-9

0-203-16981-6

Edizione

[1st ed.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (221 p.)

Disciplina

362.1730941

Soggetti

Nursing - Practice - Great Britain

Nursing services - Great Britain

Hospitals - Great Britain - Sociological aspects

Role conflict

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Book Cover; Title; Contents; Acknowledgements; List of abbreviations; Transcription conventions; Introduction; Professionalism and managerialism; Conceptualizing the nursing role; The study; The intra-occupational division of labour; The nurse-support worker boundary; The nurse-management boundary; The nurse-doctor boundary; The nurse-patient boundary; Conclusions; Notes; Bibliography; Index;

Sommario/riassunto

This book brings together sociological theories and nursing practice. It looks back at the factors which have shaped nursing work in the past and forward to those which are likely to shape it in the future.