Class, inequalities and nursing practice
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Class, inequalities and nursing practice
（Sociology and nursing practice series）
Palgrave Macmillan, 2003
- : pbk
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Includes bibliographical references (p. 229-256) and indexes
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Description
Class, Inequalities and Nursing Practice introduces students to the history of sociological explanations for socio-economic inequalities in health. It explains current interest in the importance of social capital, social support and social exclusion as well as material and lifestyle factors in socio-economic differences in health. It also encourages students and qualified nurses and other health care practitioners to make use of social science analysis and research findings in developing their own practice.
Table of Contents
- PART 1: EXPLAINING HEALTH INEQUALITIES.- Understanding Class and Inequality
- M.Miers.- Measuring Class and Researching Health Inequalities
- M.Miers.- Inequalities in Health: The Effects of Social Class
- M.Miers.- PART 2: NURSES IN THE CLASS STRUCTURE.- Class Context of Nursing
- E.Denny.- Nursing, Education and Social Class
- M.Miers.- PART 3: ADDRESSING HEALTH INEQUALITIES THROUGH NURSING PRACTICE.- Class Inequalities in Mental Health Nursing
- P.Godin.- Inequalities in the Provision of Children's Health Services
- V.Watson.- Income and Health: Implications for Public Health Nursing
- R.Hoskins.- Work and Occupational Health
- M.Miers.- Public Health Policy and Practice
- M.Miers.
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