Behind the Screens : Nursing, Somology and the Problem of the Body.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Lawler, Jocalyn, author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Communication in nursing.

Nurse-Patient Relations.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (257 pages)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Sydney : Sydney University Press, 2006.

Summary:

Behind the screens is a book about nursing. It sheds light on the fundamental aspects of basic nursing that have previously been hidden, or taken for granted. The essence of these practices has not been regarded as formal knowledge, partly because there has been no formal language to describe them. For experienced and beginning practitioners.

Contents:

COVER

TITLE PAGE

COPYRIGHT

PREFACE

ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS

KEY TO TRANSCRIPTS

CONTENTS

INTRODUCTION

PART 1 THE PROBLEM OF THE BODY

1. THE BODY AND NURSING

2. CONCEPTUALISING THE BODY

3. SOCIAL LIFE AND THE BODY

4. THE BODY AND SEXUALITY

PART II SOMOLOGICAL PRACTICE

5. BODY CARE AND LEARNING TO DO FOR OTHERS

6. EMBARRASSMENT, SOCIAL RULES AND THE CONTEXT OF BODY CARE

7. THE BODY, ILLNESS EXPERIENCE AND NURSING

8. THE BODY IN RECOVERY, DYING AND DEATH

9. SEXUALITY, THE BODY AND NURSING

10. NURSES' WORK, THE BODY AND SOCIETY

REFERENCES

INDEX

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Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on publisher supplied metadata and other sources.

Other Format:

Print version: Behind the Screens

ISBN:

9781743329122

1743329121

OCLC:

1492938602