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008 071101s2008 nyu b 001 0 eng c
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050 00 $aRT85.5$b.G67 2008
082 00 $a362.17/30683$222
100 1 $aGordon, Suzanne,$d1945-
245 10 $aSafety in numbers :$bnurse-to-patient ratios and the future of health care /$cSuzanne Gordon, John Buchanan, and Tanya Bretherton.
260 $aIthaca :$bILR Press/Cornell University Press,$c2008.
300 $aix, 272 p. ;$c24 cm.
440 4 $aThe culture and politics of health care work
504 $aIncludes bibliographical references and index.
505 0 $aHospital restructuring and the erosion of nursing care in California and the United States -- Not out of thin air -- The hospital industry response -- Ratios redux -- Working life for nurses in the late 1990s in Australia : a snapshot -- How did it come to this? : the factors driving the intensification of nursing work -- Winning ratios in Victoria -- Evaluating the impact of ratios : an imperfect experiment -- What we know about nurse staffing -- Arguments against and alternatives to ratios.
650 0 $aNursing services$xStandards$zCalifornia.
650 0 $aNursing services$xStandards$zAustralia$zVictoria.
650 0 $aNursing services$zCalifornia$xPersonnel management$xStatistical methods.
650 0 $aNursing services$zAustralia$zVictoria$xPersonnel management$xStatistical methods.
650 0 $aHospitals$zCalifornia$xAdministration$xStatistical methods.
650 0 $aHospitals$zAustralia$zVictoria$xAdministration$xStatistical methods.
650 0 $aRatio analysis.
700 1 $aBuchanan, John,$d1959-
700 1 $aBretherton, Tanya.