Nursing is typically understood, and understands itself, as a care-giving occupation. It is
through its relationships with patients–whether these are absent, present, good, bad or …

Over the last forty years, nursing's claim to professional expertise has been expressed in
terms of its care-giving function. Informed by a distinctive 'holistic'approach, models of …

Bringing together sociological theories and nursing practice this text develops a dynamic
conceptualisation of the nursing role which is rooted in the work setting. It looks at the factors …

This paper examines the impact of recent changes in work organisation in the NHS, drawing
on research undertaken in two English hospital wards. Nurses' and health care assistants' …

This chapter examines the changes taking place in British nursing today and assesses the
extent to which these might be seen as challenging the traditional power of medicine …

Background: The dominant image of nursing promotes individualized care based on
emotional intimacy as the basis of its distinctive service contribution. However, the empirical …

" Nursing, everyone believes, is the caring profession. Texts on caring line the walls of
nursing schools and student shelves. Indeed, the discipline of nursing is often known as …

It is frequently claimed that nursing is vital to the safe, humane provision of health care and
health service to our populations. It is also recognized however, that nursing is a costly …

Aim and objectives. To explore nurses' perceptions of the reality of practice based on data
from the Nurses and Midwives e‐cohort Study which examined the workforce characteristics …

Ongoing changes in many Western countries have resulted in more healthcare services
being transferred to municipalities and taking place in patients' homes. This greatly impacts …