Germs and Governance - The Past, Present Future of Hospital Infection, Prevention Control

Informationen zum Autor Professor Dame Anne Marie Rafferty CBE is Professor of Nursing Policy at King's College London and President of the Royal College of Nursing >Fay Bound Alberti is Professor of Modern History and Director of the Centre for Technology and the Body at King's College London Klappentext This book addresses global concerns about microbial resistance. Combining historical case studies and first-hand practitioner accounts, it offers insights beyond current literature. Contributions from leading scholars, practitioners and policy makers explore outbreaks of MRSA and compare infection control measures in different case-study contexts. Zusammenfassung This book addresses global concerns about microbial resistance. Combining historical case studies and first-hand practitioner accounts, it offers insights beyond current literature. Contributions from leading scholars, practitioners and policy makers explore outbreaks of MRSA and compare infection control measures in different case-study contexts. -- .

Product details

• Authors: Anne Marie Dupree Rafferty
• Assisted by: Fay Bound Alberti (Editor), Alberti Fay Bound (Editor), Marguerite Dupree (Editor), Dupree Marguerite (Editor), Anne Marie Rafferty (Editor)
• Publisher: Manchester University Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 01.07.2023
• EAN: 9781526171986
• ISBN: 978-1-5261-7198-6
• No. of pages: 328
• Series: Social Histories of Medicine
• Subjects: Natural sciences, medicine, IT, technology > Medicine > General; Non-fiction book > History > Miscellaneous; HISTORY / Social History, MEDICAL / Health Care Delivery, Social & cultural history, MEDICAL / History, MEDICAL / Infectious Diseases, History of Medicine, Social and cultural history, Health systems & services, Health systems and services, Hospital-acquired infections, Hospital infections