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摘要
Two recent books about how hospitals are organized illustrate the essential tension over a fundamental dynamic of society. Safety in Numbers argues that an indispensible element of hospital patient safety is mandated nurse-to-patient ratios and that those will be achieved only when nurses force the change on hospitals. Hospital, on the other hand, is a journalistic account of one hospital; while acknowledging elements of conflict, it suggests that shared vision and workplace bonds are what hold together at least this particular hospital. What emerges from both works is a sense that the business of operating hospitals tends to be a very human one that typically achieves results through rather messy processes. These lines of thought are crucial as the nation contemplates what it really wants in its health care system-and how on earth to achieve it.
- 出版日期2010-2
