Gordon, Suzanne. <br/><br/>
Nursing Against the Odds :  How Health Care Cost Cutting, Media Stereotypes, and Medical Hubris Undermine Nurses and Patient Care. 

 - 1st ed. 
 - 1 online resource (505 pages) 
 - The Culture and Politics of Health Care Work Series .
 - The Culture and Politics of Health Care Work Series .
<br/><br/>Nursing Against the Odds -- Contents -- Preface -- Introduction -- Part One: 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 -- Part Two: The Media and Nursing -- 6. Dropped from the Picture -- 7. Missing from the News -- 8. Unavailable for Comment -- Part Three: 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 -- Notes -- Index. 
<br/><br/> In this book, Suzanne Gordon draws on in-depth interviews with nurses and other health care professionals, research studies, and extensive firsthand reporting to better understand the myriad causes of and possible solutions to the current nursing crisis. 
<br/><br/><label>ISBN: </label>9780801465048 
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Topical Terms: </label><br/>Nursing -- Social aspects -- United States.<br/>Nursing -- United States -- Public opinion.<br/>Nurses -- United States -- Public opinion.<br/>Nurses -- United States -- Social conditions.<br/>Nurses in mass media.<br/>Nurse and physician.<br/>Public opinion -- United States.
<br/><br/><label>Index Terms--Genre/Form: </label><br/>Electronic books.
<br/><br/><label>LC Class. No.: </label>RT86 
<br/><br/><label>Dewey Class. No.: </label>610.730973