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9780415301930

Power and Conflict Between Doctors and Nurses: Breaking Through the Inner Circle in Clinical Care

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  • ISBN13:

    9780415301930

  • ISBN10:

    0415301939

  • Format: Nonspecific Binding
  • Copyright: 2004-03-25
  • Publisher: Routledge

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Summary

Drawing together sociological theories and clinical practice,Power and Conflict Between Doctors and Nursesexplores the role of nurses in delivering contemporary health care.

Author Biography

Maureen A. Coombs is currently Consultant Nurse Critical Care at Southampton University Hospital Trust and holds a Senior Lecturer post with the School of Nursing and Midwifery at Southampton University.

Table of Contents

List of illustrations vii
Acknowledgements ix
Abbreviations and glossary xi
Introduction xv
1 Nursing role developments: contemporary perspectives 1(10)
2 Collaboration: working partnerships or sleeping with the enemy? 11(14)
3 Clinical management teams: the impact of general management 25(12)
4 The study 37(15)
5 Understanding the context 52(11)
6 Clinical decision making and the hierarchies of knowledge 63(21)
7 Roles in clinical decision making: working with a historical legacy 84(13)
8 Power and conflict on the clinical decision-making stage 97(21)
9 Breaking through the inner circle: rhetoric or reality? 118(9)
References 127(17)
Index 144

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