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  • Courage or Complicity?

    How Veterans Are Responding to the Assault on Democracy

    by Steve Early, Suzanne Gordon ...
    For generations, America has thanked its veterans for their service but then forgotten promises made to them.That’s why some former soldiers have always ended up on the barricades or picket lines, demanding justice for themselves or fellow workers back home. From Revolutionary War volunteers who later joined Shays’s Rebellion to World War I soldiers who staged a multiracial march on Washington to ... Read more

    $8.99 USD

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  • Beyond the Checklist

    What Else Health Care Can Learn from Aviation Teamwork and Safety

    by Suzanne Gordon, Patrick Mendenhall, Bonnie Blair O'Connor ...
    Series series The Culture and Politics of Health Care Work
    The U.S. healthcare system is now spending many millions of dollars to improve "patient safety" and "inter-professional practice." Nevertheless, an estimated 100,000 patients still succumb to preventable medical errors or infections every year. How can health care providers reduce the terrible financial and human toll of medical errors and injuries that harm rather than heal? Beyond the Checklist ... Read more

    $8.99 USD

  • Our Veterans

    Winners, Losers, Friends, and Enemies on the New Terrain of Veterans Affairs

    by Suzanne Gordon, Steve Early, Jasper Craven ...
    In Our Veterans, Suzanne Gordon, Steve Early, and Jasper Craven explore the physical, emotional, social, economic, and psychological impact of military service and the problems that veterans face when they return to civilian life. The authors critically examine the role of advocacy organizations, philanthropies, corporations, and politicians who purport to be “pro-veteran.” They describe the ... Read more

    $17.99 USD

  • Life Support

    Three Nurses on the Front Lines

    by Suzanne Gordon ...
    Series series The Culture and Politics of Health Care Work
    "A beautiful, profound, and profoundly important book.... Gordon's message is simplicity itself: sick people need skilled, humane, and insightful care that keeps their interests paramount. Registered nurses have historically provided that care, but now their ability to fulfill their crucial role faces the greatest jeopardy in the history of the profession.... Life Support belongs in the august ... Read more

    $8.99 USD

  • Code Green

    Money-Driven Hospitals and the Dismantling of Nursing

    by Dana Beth Weinberg ...
    Series series The Culture and Politics of Health Care Work
    We are on the verge of the nation's worst nursing shortage in history. Dedicated nurses are leaving hospitals in droves, and there are not enough new recruits to the profession to meet demand. Even hospitals that were once very highly regarded for the quality of their nursing care, such as Boston's Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, now struggle to fill vacant positions. What happened? Dana ... Read more

    $10.49 USD

  • From Silence to Voice

    What Nurses Know and Must Communicate to the Public

    by Bernice Buresh, Suzanne Gordon ...
    Series series The Culture and Politics of Health Care Work
    **This is an invaluable book for all nurses, especially those who are proud of being nurses and who have always wanted to make others understand our passion.**â• Nursing StandardFor more than a decade, From Silence to Voice has been providing nurses with communication tools they can use to win the resources and respect they deserve. Now, in a timely third edition, authors Bernice Buresh and ... Read more

    $9.99 USD

  • Collaborative Caring

    Stories and Reflections on Teamwork in Health Care

    Edited by Suzanne Gordon, David Feldman, Michael Leonard ...
    Series series The Culture and Politics of Health Care Work
    Teamwork is essential to improving the quality of patient care and reducing medical errors and injuries. But how does teamwork really function? And what are the barriers that sometimes prevent smart, well-intentioned people from building and sustaining effective teams? Collaborative Caring takes an unusual approach to the topic of teamwork. Editors Suzanne Gordon, David L. Feldman, MD, and Michael ... Read more

    $13.29 USD

  • First, Do Less Harm

    Confronting the Inconvenient Problems of Patient Safety

    Edited by Ross Koppel, Suzanne Gordon ...
    Series series The Culture and Politics of Health Care Work
    Each year, hospital-acquired infections, prescribing and treatment errors, lost documents and test reports, communication failures, and other problems have caused thousands of deaths in the United States, added millions of days to patients' hospital stays, and cost Americans tens of billions of dollars. Despite (and sometimes because of) new medical information technology and numerous well ... Read more

    $14.29 USD

  • Wounds of War

    How the VA Delivers Health, Healing, and Hope to the Nation's Veterans

    by Suzanne Gordon ...
    Series series The Culture and Politics of Health Care Work
    U.S. military conflicts abroad have left nine million Americans dependent on the Veterans Health Administration (VHA) for medical care. Their "wounds of war" are treated by the largest hospital system in the country—one that has come under fire from critics in the White House, on Capitol Hill, and in the nation's media.In Wounds of War, Suzanne Gordon draws on five years of observational research ... Read more

    $9.99 USD

  • The Battle for Veterans’ Healthcare

    Dispatches from the Front Lines of Policy Making and Patient Care

    by Suzanne Gordon ...
    In The Battle for Veterans' Healthcare, award-winning author Suzanne Gordon takes us to the front lines of federal policymaking and healthcare delivery, as it affects eight million Americans whose military service makes them eligible for Veterans Health Administration (VHA) coverage.Gordon's collected dispatches provide insight and information too often missing from mainstream media reporting on ... Read more

    $4.99 USD

  • Bedside Manners

    Play and Workbook

    by Suzanne Gordon, Lisa Hayes, Scott Reeves ...
    Series series The Culture and Politics of Health Care Work
    In recent years, there has been growing awareness of the need for interprofessional cooperation in healthcare. Countless studies have shown that genuine teamwork and team intelligence are critical to patient safety. Poor communication among health care personnel is a major factor in hospital errors, even more so than the level of staff competence and experience. This is why many schools for health ... Read more

    $11.39 USD

  • Safety in Numbers

    Nurse-to-Patient Ratios and the Future of Health Care

    by Suzanne Gordon, John Buchanan, Tanya Bretherton ...
    Series series The Culture and Politics of Health Care Work
    Legally mandated nurse-to-patient ratios are one of the most controversial topics in health care today. Ratio advocates believe that minimum staffing levels are essential for quality care, better working conditions, and higher rates of RN recruitment and retention that would alleviate the current global nursing shortage. Opponents claim that ratios will unfairly burden hospital budgets, while ... Read more

    $15.19 USD