Nursing, physician control, and the medical monopoly : historical perspectives on gendered inequality in roles, rights, and range of practice /
The authors trace the efforts by physicians over time to achieve a monopoly in healthcare, often by subordinating nurses - their only genuine competitors. Efforts by nurses to reform many aspects of health care have been repeatedly opposed by physicians, whose primary interest has been to achieve to...
Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
Idioma: | Inglés |
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Bloomington, IN :
Indiana University Press,
©2001.
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Colección: | Book collections on Project MUSE.
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Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
Sumario: | The authors trace the efforts by physicians over time to achieve a monopoly in healthcare, often by subordinating nurses - their only genuine competitors. Efforts by nurses to reform many aspects of health care have been repeatedly opposed by physicians, whose primary interest has been to achieve total control over the healthcare 'system', often to the detriment of patient's health and safety. |
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Descripción Física: | 1 online resource (xlv, 514 pages) |
Bibliografía: | Includes bibliographical references (pages 477-506) and index. |
ISBN: | 0253108616 9780253108616 1282066080 9781282066083 9786612066085 6612066083 |