Research Catalog

Title

Sounding the alarm : remote area nurses and aboriginals at risk / Jennifer Cramer.

Author

Cramer, Jennifer

Publication

Crawley, W.A. : University of Western Australia Press, 2005.

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Details

Description

xiv, 266 p. : ill.; 21 cm.

Summary

In a frightening description of aberrant norms of practice, this book reveals the inadequacies of recruitment for nurses and their lack of relevant preparation for the often complex health problems occurring among the Aboriginal people. Significant for the future of nurses, nursing practice and Aboriginals in remote areas.

Series Statement

Contemporary issues

Uniform Title

Contemporary issues (Nedlands, W.A.)

Subject

• Oceanians > ethnology
• Nurse's Role
• Geography
• Delivery of Health Care > standards
• Community Health Nursing > organization & administration
• Aboriginal Australians > Medical care > Warburton (W.A.)
• Community health nursing > Warburton (W.A.)
• Rural health services > Warburton (W.A.)
• Australia
• Western Australia

Bibliography (note)

• Includes bibliographical references (p. 250-261) and index.

Processing Action (note)

• committed to retain

Contents

1. Introduction -- 2. The remote area setting -- 3. The nursing post -- 4. Community and nurse relations -- 5. Nurse recruitment and retention -- 6. Finding a way : learning on the job -- 7. Decision-making -- 8. 'Keeping track' and the coordination of care -- 9. Amorphous practice : its nature and outcomes -- 10. The imperative for reform in remote area health care -- App. Location of Ngaanyatjarra communities

ISBN

1920694366 (pbk.)

OCLC

• 60667541
• SCSB-11295055

Owning Institutions

Harvard Library