Health Policy & Nursing
Influence, Development & Impact

Edited By Deborah Hennessy & Peter Spurgeon
August 2000
Macmillan
ISBN: 0333734610
264 Pages, Illustrated, 5 ½" x 8 ½"
$69.50 Paper Original

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The final years of this century have seen sweeping changes in society, in health care and in the demographic make-up of populations. Inevitably this has lead to changes in the type of health service that should (or can) be provided. Nursing has a crucial role to play in the necessary review of today's health care systems. This book explores the ways in which nurses can engage with and influence the formation of health policy now, and for the future.

Table of Contents:
Emerging Themes; D.Hennessy
Influencing Policy and the Impact of Health Policy on Nursing Policy in the United States; C.Jennings
Nurses' Influence on Health Policy in Australia; S.Legg & S.Zyntek
Is there an International Nursing Policy?; T.Ride
The Impact of Health Policy on Nursing Policy and Vice Versa; C.Birt
The Impact of Health Care Reforms on Nursing: a European Perspective; A.Fawcett-Hennesy
The European Oncology Society; N.Jodrell & K.Redmond
Nurses Influence Policy Change in Education in Canada; N.Murphy
A European Perspective of the Impact of Policy on Nursing Education; T.Keighley
The Nursing Contribution to Health Services Research and Development; E.Scott
Research-Practice Interface: The Barriers of Policy and Personality; C.Hicks
Implications of Policy Development for the Nursing Profession; P.Spurgeon
From Profession to Commodity: The Case of Community Nurses; P.Gough & N.Walsh
Influencing and Implementing Reforms; S.Fry
A Final Postscript; D.Hennessy & P.Spurgeon


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