Includes bibliographical references (p. 451-474) and index.
Contents
pt. 1. Nurses and doctors at work -- 1. Manufacturing the dominant doctor -- 2. Designing the doctor-nurse game -- 3. The disruptive medical system -- 4. Fatal synergy -- 5. Making matters worse -- pt. 2. The media and nursing -- 6. Dropped from the picture -- 7. Missing from the news -- 8. Unavailable for comment -- pt. 3. Hospitals and nursing -- 9. Mangling care -- 10. The new nursing universe -- 11. Nurses on the ropes -- 12. No nurse left behind -- 13. Management by churn -- 14. Failure to rescue -- Conclusion : changing the odds.