Nursing and Globalization in the Americas - A Critical Perspective (Paperback)

Nursing is vital to millions of people worldwide. This book details the ebb and flow of its fascinating history and politics through case studies from Brazil, Argentina, Chile, Colombia, Mexico, Canada, and the United States. Authors from across the Americas share findings and explore new thinking about Western hemisphere-specific issues that affect nursing and health care. Using economic globalization as an overarching framework, these cross-national case studies show the strengths and contradictions in nursing, elucidating common themes and examining successes. The partnership of authors shapes a collective understanding of nursing in the Americas and forms a basis for enduring hemisphere-wide academic exchange. Thus, the book offers a new platform for understanding the struggles and obstacles of nursing in a climate of globalization, as well as for understanding nursing's richness and accomplishments. Because politics, economics, health, and nursing are inextricably linked, this volume critically explores the intersections among political economies and nursing and health care systems. The historical and contextual background allows readers to make sense of how and why nursing in the Americas has taken on its present form.

General

Imprint:	Baywood Publishing Company Inc
Country of origin:	United States
Series:	Critical Approaches in the Health Social Sciences Series
Release date:	December 2009
First published:	2009
Authors:	Ray Elling • Karen Lucas Breda
Dimensions:	234 x 156mm (L x W)
Format:	Paperback
Pages:	396
ISBN-13:	978-0-89503-353-6
Categories:	Books > Medicine > Nursing & ancillary services > Nursing > General Books > Academic & Education > Varsity Textbooks > Nursing
LSN:	0-89503-353-4
Barcode:	9780895033536

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