| Who Is Nursing Them? It Is Us: Neoliberalism, Hiv/Aids, and the Occupational Health and Safety of South African Public Sector Nurses Contributor(s): Zelnick, Jennifer (Author) |
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ISBN: 0895033275 ISBN-13: 9780895033277 Publisher: Routledge OUR PRICE: $180.50 Product Type: Hardcover - Other Formats Published: March 2011 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Medical | Health Care Delivery - Psychology | Mental Health - Social Science | Disease & Health Issues |
| Dewey: 362.196 |
| LCCN: 2009046909 |
| Series: Work, Health and Environment |
| Physical Information: 198 pages |
| Themes: - Topical - AIDS |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: This book explores the impacts of HIV/AIDS and neoliberal globalization on the occupational health of public sector hospital nurses in KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa. The story of South African public sector nurses provides multiple perspectives on the HIV/AIDS epidemic-for a workforce that played a role in the struggle against apartheid, women who deal with the burden of HIV/AIDS care at work and in the community, and a constituency of the new South African democracy that is working on the frontlines of the HIV/AIDS epidemic. Through case studies of three provincial hospitals in KwaZulu-Natal, set against a historical backdrop, this book tells the story of the HIV/AIDS epidemic in the post-apartheid period. |