Public health and community nursing : frameworks for practice /

Public health and community nursing : frameworks for practice / edited by Dianne Watkins, Judy Cousins ; foreword by Dean Whitehead. - 3rd edition. - Edinburgh : Churchill Livingstone, 2009. - xiii, 368 p. : ill. ; 25 cm.

Previous ed.: published as Community health nursing. 2003.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

The changing landscape of public health - Public health frameworks - The family as a framework for practice - Shifting the boundaries of public health and community practice - Challenges for the future.

The ever-changing political context continues to influence public and primary health care, hence the need for a revision of this text. Issues covered include health inequalities, increased emphasis on prevention, resource effectiveness, and efficient commissioning of services, and patient and public involvement.

Specialized.

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Community health nursing.
Public health nursing.

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