In the public interest: Autonomy and resistance to methods of standardising nurses' advice and practices from a health call centre in Perth, Western Australia

Nursing Inquiry

Volumn 12, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 135-143

  Larsen, Ann Claire ^a  

^a EDITH COWAN UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Autonomy; Nursing; Regulation; Resistance; Standardisation; Telephone triage

Indexed keywords

ALGORITHM; AUSTRALIA; COMPUTER; CULTURAL ANTHROPOLOGY; EDUCATION; EVALUATION; FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT; GOVERNMENT; HEALTH CENTER; LEGAL ASPECT; MONITORING; NURSING; PROFESSIONAL PRACTICE; PUNISHMENT; REVIEW; SCIENCE; TECHNOLOGY; TELEPHONE;

ALGORITHMS; ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; CLINICAL PROTOCOLS; COUNSELING; EMERGENCY NURSING; EMPLOYEE DISCIPLINE; GUIDELINE ADHERENCE; HOTLINES; HUMANS; INTERPROFESSIONAL RELATIONS; JOB SATISFACTION; NURSING ASSESSMENT; NURSING AUDIT; NURSING METHODOLOGY RESEARCH; NURSING STAFF; PHYSICIAN EXECUTIVES; POWER (PSYCHOLOGY); PRACTICE GUIDELINES; PROFESSIONAL AUTONOMY; QUALITY ASSURANCE, HEALTH CARE; QUESTIONNAIRES; TRIAGE; WESTERN AUSTRALIA;

EID: 19944407559     PISSN: 13207881     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1440-1800.2005.00265.x     Document Type: Review

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