Scandals in health‐care: their impact on health policy and nursing

Conclusions are drawn about the impact of these events on the future of the profession and on health policy directions. Recent events have raised public anxieties about caring practices in nursing. Health policy reform driven by scandal may obscure the effect of under resourcing in health services and poses a very real threat to the continued support for state‐run services. Understanding the socially constructed nature of scandal enables the nurse to develop a greater critical awareness of policy contexts in order that they can influence health service reform.

Source: Nursing Inquiry - July 19, 2015 Category: Nursing Authors: Jacqueline S. Hutchison Tags: Feature Source Type: research