The Culture and Politics of
Health Care Work

The Culture and Politics of Health Care Work is an exciting new series of books that explores the historical, social, political, and economic forces that shape health care work and organizations. Focusing on the work of professional and nonprofessional staff as well as family caregivers, the series illuminates how the culture of health care work affects the structuring of health policy and practice. In an increasingly global marketplace, the series also seeks to better understand the international context within which all health systems function. Looking at health policy and the health professions from a variety of perspectives, including first-person accounts, the series is aimed at a wide audience including those who work in health care, academics, policy makers, and professional organizations, as well as general readers.

Series Editors.  Suzanne Gordon is an award-winning journalist whose work focuses on the health care work force, political culture, and women's issues. She is the author of five books, including Life Support: Three Nurses on the Front Lines, and coauthor of From Silence to Voice: What Nurses Know and Must Communicate to the Public. Sioban Nelson is Professor at the School of Nursing, the University of Melbourne, Australia. A registered nurse and a nursing historian, she has written extensively on the history of health, ethics, and health policy, including "Say Little Do Much": Nursing, Nuns and Hospitals in the Nineteenth Century. She is editor of the international journal, Nursing Inquiry.

Proposals and inquiries about the series should be sent by email to Suzanne Gordon at lsupport@comcast.net or Sioban Nelson at siobanmn@unimelb.edu.au