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Power and Nursing Practice

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  • © 1999

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Editors:
  1. Geoff Wilkinson
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  2. Margaret Miers
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  • Provides a timely discussion of an important sociological concept power
    Relate sociological theory directly to nursing practice

Part of the book series: Sociology and Nursing Practice (SNP)

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Table of contents (16 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-xi
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  2. Introduction

    1. Introduction

      • Geoff Wilkinson, Margaret Miers
      Pages 1-4

  3. Understanding power

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 5-5
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    2. Theories of power

      • Geoff Wilkinson
      Pages 7-23

    3. Power and professions

      • Geoff Wilkinson, Margaret Miers
      Pages 24-36

  4. Nurses’ relationships with nurses

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 37-37
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    2. Power, gender and nursing work

      • Gill Mowforth
      Pages 39-50

    3. Elitism in nursing

      • Gill Mowforth
      Pages 51-63

    4. Nursing teams and hierarchies: nurses working with nurses

      • Margaret Miers
      Pages 64-79

  5. Nurses and the health care team

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 81-81
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    2. Nurses in the labour market: exploring and explaining nurses’ work

      • Margaret Miers
      Pages 83-96

    3. Working with doctors

      • Sam Porter
      Pages 97-110

    4. Health care teams in the community

      • Margaret Miers
      Pages 111-124

  6. Relationships with clients

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 125-125
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    2. Disempowerment, empowerment and older people

      • Anthony Fraher, Michel Limpinnian
      Pages 127-143

    3. User empowerment within mental health nursing

      • Anthony Fraher, Michel Limpinnian
      Pages 144-157

    4. Power, knowledge and skills in child-centred care

      • Margaret Miers
      Pages 158-171

    5. Empowerment through sexuality

      • Jane Godfrey
      Pages 172-186

    6. Involving clients in decision making: breast care nursing

      • Margaret Miers
      Pages 187-203

    7. Caring for people with learning disabilities

      • Matthew Godsell
      Pages 204-215
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About this book

Nursing is not a powerful profession yet nurses can have considerable power over those they care for. In a changing health service, power relationships between different professionals and clients may undergo significant changes. To empower either themselves or their clients, nurses must be able to understand the dynamics and nature of power relationships within society.

Taking a sociological perspective, this book introduces readers to methods of analysing power and power relationships while clearly demonstrating the relevance to nursing practice.

About the authors

GEOFF WILKINSON is Lecturer in the Faculty of Health and Social Care at the University of West of England

MARGARET MIERS is Senior Lecturer in the Faculty of Health and Social Care at the University of West of England

Bibliographic Information

  • Book Title: Power and Nursing Practice

  • Editors: Geoff Wilkinson, Margaret Miers

  • Series Title: Sociology and Nursing Practice

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-349-14439-6

  • Publisher: Red Globe Press London

  • eBook Packages: Medicine, Medicine (R0)

  • Copyright Information: Macmillan Publishers Limited 1999

  • Edition Number: 1

  • Number of Pages: XI, 256

  • Additional Information: Previously published under the imprint Palgrave

  • Topics: Nursing

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