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Record Nr.

UNINA9910830825803321

Autore

Canfora Luciano

Titolo

Democracy in Europe : a history of an ideology / / Luciano Canfora ; translated by Simon Jones

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Malden, MA, : Blackwell Publishing, 2006

ISBN

1-280-36205-7

9786610362059

0-470-79670-7

0-470-75482-6

1-4051-5459-4

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (310 p.)

Collana

The making of Europe

Classificazione

15.70

Disciplina

320.94

321.8094

Soggetti

Democracy - Europe - History

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 (p. [253]-286) and index.

Nota di contenuto

A constitution imbued with Hellenism -- The beginning -- How Greek democracy came back into play, and finally left the stage -- Liberalism's first victory -- Universal suffrage -- Universal suffrage -- Trouble for the "old mole" -- Europe "on the march" -- From the slaughter of the Communards to the "sacred unions" -- The Third Republic -- The second failure of universal suffrage -- The "European civil war" -- Progressive democracies, people's democracies -- The Cold War -- Towards the "mixed system" -- Was it a new beginning?.

Sommario/riassunto

This history traces the development of democracy in Europe from its origins in ancient Greece up to the present day. Considers all the major watersheds in the development of democracy in modern Europe. Describes the rediscovery of Ancient Greek political ideals by intellectuals at the end of the eighteenth century. Examines the twenty-year crisis from 1789 to 1815, when the repercussions of revolution in France were felt across the European continent. Explains how events in France led to the explosion of democratic movements between 1830 and 1848. <l



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Record Nr.

UNINA9910957111903321

Titolo

Keeping patients safe : transforming the work environment of nurses / / Committee on the Work Environment for Nurses and Patient Safety, Board on Health Care Services ; Ann Page, editor

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Washington, DC, : National Academies Press, c2004

ISBN

9786610179398

9780309133272

0309133270

9781280179396

1280179392

9780309527323

0309527325

Edizione

[1st ed.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (xxi, 462 pages) : illustrations

Altri autori (Persone)

PageAnn

Disciplina

362.17/3

Soggetti

Industrial safety

Medical care - Quality control

Nurse and patient

Nursing errors - Prevention

Nursing - Safety measures

Work environment - Safety measures

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Includes index.

Nota di contenuto

""Front Matter""; ""Reviewers""; ""Foreword""; ""Preface""; ""Acknowledgments""; ""Contents""; ""Tables, Figures, and Boxes""; ""Executive Summary""; ""1 Nursing: Inseparably Linked to Patient Safety""; ""2 A Framework for Building Patient Safety Defenses into Nurses' Work Environments""; ""3 Nurses Caring for Patients: Who They Are, Where They Work, and What They Do""; ""4 Transformational Leadership and Evidence-Based Management""; ""5 Maximizing Workforce Capability""; ""6 Work and Workspace Design to Prevent and Mitigate Errors""; ""7 Creating and Sustaining a Culture of Safety""

""8 Implementation Considerations and Needed Research""



""Appendixes""; ""Appendix A Committee Membership and Study Approach""; ""Appendix B Interdisciplinary Collaboration, Team Functioning, and Patient Safety""; ""Appendix C Work Hour Regulation in Safety-Sensitive Industries""; ""Index""

Sommario/riassunto

Building on the revolutionary Institute of Medicine reports To Err is Human and Crossing the Quality Chasm, Keeping Patients Safe lays out guidelines for improving patient safety by changing nurses (TM) working conditions and demands. Licensed nurses and unlicensed nursing assistants are critical participants in our national effort to protect patients from health care errors. The nature of the activities nurses typically perform  " monitoring patients, educating home caretakers, performing treatments, and rescuing patients who are in crisis  " provides an indispensable resource in detecting and remedying error-producing defects in the U.S. health care system. During the past two decades, substantial changes have been made in the organization and delivery of health care  " and consequently in the job description and work environment of nurses. As patients are increasingly cared for as outpatients, nurses in hospitals and nursing homes deal with greater severity of illness. Problems in management practices, employee deployment, work and workspace design, and the basic safety culture of health care organizations place patients at further risk. This newest edition in the groundbreaking Institute of Medicine Quality Chasm series discusses the key aspects of the work environment for nurses and reviews the potential improvements in working conditions that are likely to have an impact on patient safety.