From profession to commodity
Article Abstract:
Community nursing has a low profile in the minds of the people who are deciding primary-care nursing policy, despite the essential part that community nursing plays in health care provision. Health visitors now often work from within a doctor's surgery because it allows doctors to fulfill the terms of their contracts. The health visitor function is seen as a commodity to be utilized, rather than a valued profession in its own right. District nurses carry out medical services for doctors in general practice, and this gives doctors increasing power over what they do.
Publication Name: Nursing Times
Subject: Health
ISSN: 0954-7762
Year: 1997
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Hear today, gone tomorrow
Article Abstract:
A description is presented of the experiences of a 36-year-old male nurse who became partially deaf after suffering from an acoustic neuroma following a viral infection. The adaptations which he has made are discussed.
Publication Name: Nursing Times
Subject: Health
ISSN: 0954-7762
Year: 2001
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