TY  - BOOK
AU  - Miers, M
TI  - Gender issues and nursing practice
T2  - Sociology and nursing practice series
SN  - 0333691954
PY  - 2000///
CY  - Basingstoke
PB  - MacMillan
KW  - Gender Identity
KW  - Nursing Care - Psychology
KW  - Professional Practice
N1  - Part one : Understanding gender ; Approaches to understanding gender ; Masculinities and femininities ; Gender and health ; Part two : Gender and nursing ; Choosing to nurse : from Florence Nightingale to the National Health Service ; Nursing in the NHS ; Part three : Gender, autonomy and management ; What do nurses do : caring as a gendered concept ; Dependence, autonomy and professional roles ; Gender and health care management ; Part four : Caring for men, caring for women ; Gender-sensitive care ; Gender, identity and health ; Gender, power and sexuality ; Conclusion
N2  - This book reviews nursing's gendered past and more recent history. It looks at the importance of and possibilities for gender sensitive care, arguing that health care is men's and women's work
ER  -