Safety in numbers : nurse-to-patient ratios and the future of health care

Gordon, Suzanne, 1945-

Contributors: Bretherton, Tanya. ; Buchanan, John, 1959-

2008, Book , ix, 272 pages ;

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Publication information:	Ithaca : ILR Press/Cornell University Press, 2008.
ISBN:	080144683X (cloth : alk. paper)
ISBN:	9780801446832 (cloth : alk. paper)
Language:	English
Record ID:	2493377
Format:	Regular Print Book
Physical description:	ix, 272 pages ; 24 cm.
Date acquired:	May 11, 2009
More creator details:	Suzanne Gordon, John Buchanan, and Tanya Bretherton.
Series statement:	Culture and politics of health care work
Series title:	Culture and politics of health care work.
Contents note:	Hospital restructuring and the erosion of nursing care in California and the United States -- Not out of thin air -- The hospital industry response -- Ratios redux -- Working life for nurses in the late 1990s in Australia : a snapshot -- How did it come to this? : the factors driving the intensification of nursing work -- Winning ratios in Victoria -- Evaluating the impact of ratios : an imperfect experiment -- What we know about nurse staffing -- Arguments against and alternatives to ratios.
Contributor:	Bretherton, Tanya.
Contributor:	Buchanan, John, 1959-

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