Beyond caring : hospitals, nurses, and the social organization of ethics
Documenting the real world of the contemporary hospital, its nurses, and their moral and ethical crises, this work provides an analysis of the forces that influence moral decisions in hospitals.
xi, 201 p ; 23 cm.
9780226100715, 9780226101026, 0226100715, 0226101029
911291294
Acknowledgments Introduction: Nursing and Ethics in an Age of Organizations 1: The Routinization of Disaster 2: Protecting the Routine from Chaos 3: What It Means to Be a Nurse 4: How the Organization Creates Ethical Problems 5: The Patient as Object 6: Death as an Organizational Act Conclusion Appendix on Methods Index