Abstract
Nurses are at the heart of every country's health care system. What sort of problems do they face at work ? What are the coping strategies that they and their organizations pursue ? Drawing on the findings of a unique global survey of nurses' associations and unions, the authors provide clear answers to these and related questions at a time when population ageing, epidemics, privatization and understaffing are putting heightened pressures on health care systems around the world. Interestingly, the priority concerns of nurses' organizations the world over have much in common despite the widely differing national contexts in which they operate.
Translated title of the contribution | Challenges facing nurses' associations and unions: A global perspective |
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Original language | French |
Pages (from-to) | 207-224 |
Number of pages | 18 |
Journal | Sante Publique |
Volume | 16 |
Issue number | 2 |
DOIs | |
State | Published - Jun 2004 |
All Science Journal Classification (ASJC) codes
- Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health