Who is nursing them? It is us. : bneoliberalism, HIV/AIDS, and the occupational health and safety of South African public sector nurses / Jennifer Zelnick.

"This book explores the impacts of HIV/AIDS and neoliberal globalization on the occupational health of public sector hospital nurses in KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa. The story of South African public sector nurses provides multiple perspectives on the HIV/AIDS epidemic-for a workforce that playe...

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Main Author: Zelnick, Jennifer R., 1964- (Author)
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Amityville, N.Y. : Baywood Pub Company. ©2011
Series:Work, health, and environment series.
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Table of Contents:
  • Introduction : understanding a public health crisis from a work environment perspective
  • Globalization and health in Sub-Saharan Africa
  • Neoliberalism in postapartheid South Africa and the HIV/AIDS epidemic
  • The work environment of nurses
  • Case study setting : three public hospitals in Kwazulu-Natal, South Africa
  • Staffing, occupational health, and HIV/AIDS
  • Nurses speak
  • Discussion : breathing life into policy : toward a labor/work environment perspective on a global public health crisis.