Conflicted health care : professionalism and caring in an urban hospital /
Ester Carolina Apesoa-Varano and Charles S. Varano.
- xi, 195 pages ; 24 cm
Includes bibliographical references (pages 173-188) and index.
The professional self -- Teamwork in the hospital -- The dilemma of caring -- Caring reconsidered -- When the day is done, its still work -- Crossing the line -- Unions : "The elephant in the room."
"This book takes an intimate look at how health care practitioners struggle to live up to their professional and caring ideals on twelve-hour shifts on the hospital floor"--Provided by publisher.