Nursing and the Division of Labour in Healthcare

Nursing and the Division of Labour in Healthcare
ISBN-10
0333802292
ISBN-13
9780333802298
Category
Medical / Nursing / General
Pages
248
Language
English
Published
2002-10-29
Publisher
Macmillan Education UK
Authors
David Hughes, Davina Allen

Description

This book examines the division of labour between nurses and other health professions and occupations. It connects classic sociological concerns with practical problems affecting the contemporary NHS, such as : skill-mix in hospitals; the emergence of new roles; the shifting boundaries between medicine and nursing; and the barriers to change that exist. The book contains a series of case studies illustrating tensions, conflict and accommodation observable when occupations, or sub-groups within occupations, negotiate new working relationships.

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