Nursing and the Division of Labour in Healthcare

By David Hughes, Davina Allen, Otto Jespersen, et al.

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.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0333802292
• ISBN13: 9780333802298
• Release Date: October 2002
• Publisher: Red Globe Press
• Length: 248 Pages
• Weight: 0.64 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 5.5" x 8.5"