Nursing and globalization in the Americas : a critical perspective

Author(s)

• Breda, Karen Lucas

Bibliographic Information

Nursing and globalization in the Americas : a critical perspective

edited by Karen Lucas Breda

（Critical approaches in the health social sciences series / series editor Ray H. Elling）

Baywood Pub. Co., c2009

• : pbk

Note

Includes bibliographical references and index

Description and Table of Contents

Description

Nursing is vital to millions of people worldwide. This book details the ebb and flow of its fascinating history and politics through case studies from Brazil, Argentina, Chile, Colombia, Mexico, Canada, and the United States. Authors from across the Americas share findings and explore new thinking about Western hemisphere-specific issues that affect nursing and health care. Using economic globalization as an overarching framework, these cross-national case studies show the strengths and contradictions in nursing, elucidating common themes and examining successes. The partnership of authors shapes a collective understanding of nursing in the Americas and forms a basis for enduring hemisphere-wide academic exchange. Thus, the book offers a new platform for understanding the struggles and obstacles of nursing in a climate of globalization, as well as for understanding nursing's richness and accomplishments. Because politics, economics, health, and nursing are inextricably linked, this volume critically explores the intersections among political economies and nursing and health care systems. The historical and contextual background allows readers to make sense of how and why nursing in the Americas has taken on its present form.

Table of Contents

Acknowledgements Book Abstract Preface Merrill Singer The Context of Nursing and Globalization Karen Lucas Breda Nursing in Colombia Maria Claudia Duque-Paramo and Martha Cecilia Lopez-Maldonado Nursing in Chile Patricia Jara Concha, Veronica Behn Theune, Nestor Ortiz Rebolledo and Sandra Valenzuela Suazo Nursing in Argentina Maria Alejandra Chervo, Eduardo Miguel Arzani and Teresa Isable Micozzi Nursing in Brazil Mariani da Gloria Miotto Wright, Maria Cecilia Puntel de Almeida, Maria Itayra Coelho Souza Padilha, Helena M.S. Leal David, Gelson Luiz de Albuquerque and Jaqueline Da Silva Nursing in Mexico Lucila Cardenas Becerril, Maricela Sanchez Gandara, Beatriz Carmona Mejia and Beatriz Arana Gomez Nursing in Canada Susan E. French and Jessica D. Emed Nursing in the U.S.A. Karen Lucas Breda, Evelyn L. Barbee and Maria Zadoroznyj Synthesis of Case Studies: Implications for Global Nursing and Health Karen Lucas Breda Epilogue: Excerpt from "Canto General" Appendix A: Abbreviations and Acronyms Appendix B: Country Comparison of Nursing Titles & Educational Preparation Appendix C: Questions for Discussion and Dialogue

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Details

• NCID: BA91806167
• ISBN:
  • 9780895033536
• LCCN: 2009015604
• Country Code: us
• Title Language Code: eng
• Text Language Code: eng
• Place of Publication: Amityville, N.Y.
• Pages/Volumes: xi, 381 p.
• Size: 23 cm
• Classification:
  • LCC : RT4
  • NLM : WY 16
  • DC22 : 362.17/3021
• Subject Headings:
  • LCSH : Nursing -- America
  • LCSH : Globalization -- America
  • MESH : Nursing -- trends -- North America -- Case Reports
  • MESH : Nursing -- trends -- South America -- Case Reports
  • MESH : Internationality -- North America -- Case Reports
  • MESH : Internationality -- South America -- Case Reports
  • MESH : Politics -- North America -- Case Reports
  • MESH : Politics -- South America -- Case Reports
  • MESH : Socioeconomic Factors -- North America -- Case Reports
  • MESH : Socioeconomic Factors -- South America -- Case Reports
• Parent Bibliography ID:
  • BA37076116