Cities and Privatization: Prospects for the New Century
Author: Jeffrey D Green
This concise, readable book focuses on privatization at the municipal level, blending theory with practical matters, and containing real-life examples of privatization. It presents the practical arguments and theoretical frameworks for and against using privatization, summarizes the evidence on efficiency between public and private organizations performing similar tasks, and includes numerous examples of privatization taken from the real-world of city management. Chapter topics cover cities and the privatization debate; the evidence on efficiency and the use of privatization by cities; examining various dimensions of municipal privatization; successes, failures and persistent urban issues; and prospects for the new century. For anyone that is interested in privatization at the municipal level.
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Nursing Consultation: A Framework for Working with Communities
Author: Susan Leslie Norwood
Essential for today's nurses! Today's nurses are faced with challenging and exciting new opportunities for consultation! While nursing consultation has always been an integral part of the health care environment increasingly apparent and important is the need for a community perspective. Revised and updated to include this new emphasis on consulting within communities, Nursing Consultation continues to provide nurses with both the theoretical background and practical strategies that are needed to successfully respond in today's health care environment.
Features Include:- A 5-phase process to resolve actual or potential problems related to the health status of clients or to health care delivery
- Three New Chapters - Communities, Nurses, and Consultation (Chapter 2), Team Building in Consultation (Chapter 12), and Working with Consultants (Chapter 18)
- Key search engine terms at the beginning of each chapter allow for easy access to the latest resources
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Table of Contents:
| Preface | ||
| Acknowledgments | ||
| Reviewers | ||
| Sect. 1 | Introduction to Nursing Consultation | 1 |
| Ch. 1 | The Nature of Nursing Consultation | 3 |
| Ch. 2 | Communities, Nurses, and Consultation | 17 |
| Ch. 3 | Overview of the Nursing Consultation Process | 27 |
| Ch. 4 | Interaction Patterns for Nursing Consultation | 43 |
| Ch. 5 | Nurse Consultant Roles and Skills | 59 |
| Sect. 2 | The Context of Nursing Consultation | 77 |
| Ch. 6 | Understanding Communities | 79 |
| Ch. 7 | Human Dynamics in Community Groups | 99 |
| Ch. 8 | Change in Communities | 125 |
| Sect. 3 | The Nursing Consultation Process | 145 |
| Ch. 9 | Gaining Entry in Community Consultation | 147 |
| Ch. 10 | Problem Identification in Community Consultation | 169 |
| Ch. 11 | Action Planning with Communities | 195 |
| Ch. 12 | Team Building in Nursing Consultation | 217 |
| Ch. 13 | Evaluating Nursing Consultation Efforts | 229 |
| Ch. 14 | Disengagement from Consultation Relationships | 253 |
| Sect. 4 | Professional Issues in Nursing Consultation | 267 |
| Ch. 15 | Legal Aspects of Nursing Consultation | 269 |
| Ch. 16 | Ethical Issues in Nursing Consultation | 285 |
| Ch. 17 | The Business of Consulting: Marketing, Fees, and Contracts | 303 |
| Ch. 18 | Working with Consultants | 325 |
| Ch. 19 | The Future and Nursing Consultation | 339 |
| Index | 351 |
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