Behind the Screens by Jocalyn Lawler

Behind the Screens by Jocalyn Lawler

Regular price
Checking stock...
Regular price
Checking stock...
Summary

A study focusing on how nurses cope with the body and the care of the body. It covers such topics as sexuality and nursing, the body in culture and the experience and practice of caring for the bodies of others.

The feel-good place to buy books
  • Free US shipping over $15
  • Buying preloved emits 41% less CO2 than new
  • Millions of affordable books
  • Give your books a new home - sell them back to us!

Behind the Screens by Jocalyn Lawler

This is an exploration of attitudes to nursing which explores why nurses' work is belittled and taken for granted by the majority of other professions, if not by patients themselves. This is a sociological analysis of the substance of nursing by a nurse who has spent many years in the Australian nursing service. She explains why, in her view, nursing and nurses are frequently taken for granted. Moving on from obvious perceptions of nursing as "woman's work" or "dirty work", she focuses on the idea that nursing is people's experience of embodied existence. It is a positive approach which instills the reader with a respect for nurses and their discipline.
SKU Unavailable
ISBN 13 9780443044441
ISBN 10 0443044449
Title Behind the Screens
Author Jocalyn Lawler
Condition Unavailable
Binding Type Paperback
Publisher Elsevier Health Sciences
Year published 1991-01-01
Number of pages 264
Cover note Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary.