Safety in numbers nurse-to-patient ratios and the future of health care / Suzanne Gordon, John Buchanan, and Tanya Bretherton.
| Author/creator | Gordon, Suzanne, 1945- |
| Other author | Buchanan, John, 1959- |
| Other author | Bretherton, Tanya. |
| Format | Electronic |
| Publication Info | Ithaca : ILR Press/Cornell University Press, |
| Description | ix, 272 p. ; 24 cm. |
| Supplemental Content | Full text available from Ebook Central - Academic Complete |
| Subjects |
| Series | The culture and politics of health care work |
| Contents | Hospital restructuring and the erosion of nursing care in California and the United States -- Not out of thin air -- The hospital industry response -- Ratios redux -- Working life for nurses in the late 1990s in Australia : a snapshot -- How did it come to this? : the factors driving the intensification of nursing work -- Winning ratios in Victoria -- Evaluating the impact of ratios : an imperfect experiment -- What we know about nurse staffing -- Arguments against and alternatives to ratios. |
| Bibliography note | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Access restriction | Available only to authorized users. |
| Technical details | Mode of access: World Wide Web |
| Genre/form | Electronic books. |
| LCCN | 2007045442 |
| ISBN | 9780801446832 (cloth : alk. paper) |
| ISBN | 080144683X (cloth : alk. paper) |
Availability
| Library | Location | Call Number | Status | Item Actions |
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| Electronic Resources | Access Content Online | ✔ Available |