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Nursing and the division of labour in healthcare

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Subject | Hospitals -- Great Britain -- Sociological aspects. Hospitals -- Sociological aspects. -- fast -- (OCoLC)fst00961522 MEDICAL -- Nursing -- Issues. -- bisacsh Nurse and physician -- Great Britain. Nurse and physician. -- fast -- (OCoLC)fst01041465 Nurse's Role -- Great Britain. Nursing -- Practice -- Great Britain. Nursing -- Practice. -- fast -- (OCoLC)fst01041799 Nursing services -- Great Britain. Nursing services. -- fast -- (OCoLC)fst01042110 Physician-Nurse Relations -- Great Britain. |
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This volume 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.