Medical Alert: New Work Organizations in Health Care

Armstrong, Pat; Armstrong, Hugh; Choiniere, Jacqueline

ISBN 10: 1551930080 / ISBN 13: 9781551930084

Published by University of Toronto Press, 1997

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Medical Alert: New Work Organizations in Health Care
• Publisher: University of Toronto Press
• Publication Date: 1997
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1551930080
• ISBN 13: 9781551930084
• Binding: Soft cover
• Condition: Poor
• Dimensions: 15.24W x 22.86H x 0.97D centimeters 15.24 centimeters width by 22.86 centimeters height by 0.97 centimeters depth
• Weight: 249 grams

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Synopsis

Private-sector approaches are being widely adopted in health care, but there is little evidence to demonstrate either that they offer a better way to organize work, or that they are applicable to the provision of quality health care. Patients and health care workers describe their experiences in Medical Alert: New Work Organizations in Health Care, and their responses challenge the assumptions of private-sector advocates, with implications reaching far beyond Canadian hospitals.   

About the Author

Pat Armstrong is a Distinguished Research Professor of Sociology, Fellow of the Royal Society of Canada, and a professor in the Department of Sociology at York University.
Hugh Armstrong is a Distinguished Research Professor and professor emeritus of Social Work, Political Economy, and Sociology at Carleton University.
Jacqueline Choiniere is an associate professor with the School of Nursing in the Faculty of Health at York University.