Risk and Nursing Practice introduces the reader to a range of sociological theory that has arisen about the 'risk society'. Theories about risk and society are specifically related to aspects of health care and nursing practice that have become highly thematic, such as violence against nurses, techniques of risk assessment and risk management.
Introduction; P.Godin
Managing Risk in Community Practice: Nursing Risk and Decision Making; A.Alaszewski
A 'Risk of the Job'? Violence Against Nurses from Patients and the Public As An Emerging Policy Issue; M.A.Elston, J.Gabe & M.O'Beirne
The Rise of Risk Thinking in Mental Health Nursing; P.Godin
Different Understandings of Risk Within a Forensic Mental Health Care Unit: A Cultural Approach; P.Godin, J.Davies, B.Heyman & M.Shaw
The Very LOUD Discourses of Risk in Pregnancy; K.MacKinnon & L. McCoy
Exploring the Issues of Risk and Freedom for Parents of Children with Life Limiting, Life Threatening and Chronic Health Problems; D.Pontin
The Tension Between Autonomy and Safety in Nursing Adults with Learning Disabilities; B.Heyman & J.Davies
Balancing Risk and Independence in Nursing Older Adults; K.Horton
Managing Risk The Case of Sexualities and Sexual Health; A.Pryce
Final Thoughts; P.Godin.
