In Print
| Care Nursing, 1945-1980 (Philadelphia: University of Pennsylvania Press, 1998) is now in print. Authors Julie Fairman and Joan E. Lynaugh use the growth of critical care nursing as a case study to analyze the decision making of hospitals and health care professionals concerning the needs of the patients they serve. The genesis of critical care nursing is historically significant as it represents the expansion of the nurse specialization movement. Moreover, by developing a cadre of expert nurses who could care for intensely ill patients, it became possible to implement new levels of health-care technology and more invasive surgical procedures and vigorous treatments. A strong case is made for exploring the roots of our current system of critical care as a means of examining the myriad of current ethical, scientific, and policy issues surrounding the question of how we determine who should receive intensive high-cost medical and nursing care and who should not. To order, please contact the publisher at (800) 445-9880. |
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