Gordon, Suzanne,  1945- <br/><br/>
Safety in numbers :  nurse-to-patient ratios and the future of health care / 
Suzanne Gordon, John Buchanan, and Tanya Bretherton. 
 - Ithaca :  ILR Press/Cornell University Press,  2008. 
 - ix, 272 p. ;  24 cm. 
 - Culture and politics of health care work .
<br/><br/>Includes bibliographical references and index. 
<br/><br/>Hospital restructuring and the erosion of nursing care in California and the United States -- Not out of thin air -- The hospital industry response -- Ratios redux -- Working life for nurses in the late 1990s in Australia : a snapshot -- How did it come to this? : the factors driving the intensification of nursing work -- Winning ratios in Victoria -- Evaluating the impact of ratios : an imperfect experiment -- What we know about nurse staffing -- Arguments against and alternatives to ratios. 
<br/><br/><label>ISBN: </label>080144683X : HRD  $26.00 9780801446832 
<br/><br/><label>Source: </label> Cornell Univ Pr, C/O Cup Services Attn: Holly Po Box 6525, Ithaca, NY, USA, 14851  SAN 202-1862 
<br/><br/><label>LCCN: </label>2007045442 
<br/><br/><label>Nat. Bib. No.: </label>GBA855058  bnb 
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Topical Terms: </label><br/>Nursing services--Standards--California.<br/>Nursing services--Standards--Australia--Victoria.<br/>Nursing services--Personnel management--Statistical methods.--California<br/>Nursing services--Personnel management--Statistical methods.--Australia--Victoria<br/>Hospitals--Administration--Statistical methods.--California<br/>Hospitals--Administration--Statistical methods.--Australia--Victoria<br/>Ratio analysis.
<br/><br/><label>LC Class. No.: </label>RT85.5  / .G67 2008 
<br/><br/><label>Dewey Class. No.: </label>362.17/30683