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Nursing and Globalization in the Americas: A Critical Perspective
Edited by Karen Lucas Breda
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Critical Approaches in the Health Social Sciences Series, Series Editor: Ray H. Elling
Foreword and Preface Click to Read it Now!
IN PRAISE OF
"As the reality of the global village approaches, nations of the Americas need to learn more about one another to foster cooperative movement toward a common good. This is as true in health care as in other areas of society. In attempting to further our understanding of the structure and substance of health care across the Americas, this book is truly unique in its scope and breadth of treatment. As such, it is a "must read" for health practitioners, policymakers, and researchers and students in nursing and other disciplines."
—Janet C. Ross-Kerr, R.N., Ph.D., Professor Emeritus, The University of Alberta, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada
"In this day and age of national and international nursing and healthcare politics, the valuable information contained in this book is germane to social scientists and to all professionals in healthcare practice and education. Knowing the history of nursing's past as well as the present milieu is extremely important for understanding its future, both nationally and internationally. Importantly, the text is international in scope and discusses nursing in each country from a political and historical perspective. There are few, if any, texts that compare and contrast nursing from this frame of reference. This text gives the reader an opportunity to appreciate each country's history of nursing and the political impact on the educational process."
—Sandra Brennan, Ph.D., PHCNS-BC, Public Health Clinical Nurse Specialist, University of Phoenix On-Line Faculty, School of Advanced Studies, Doctor of Health Administration Program, North Salem, New Hampshire
ABOUT THE BOOK
Nursing is vital to millions of people worldwide. This book details the ebb and flow of its
fascinating history and politics through case studies from Brazil, Argentina, Chile, Colombia,
Mexico, Canada, and the United States. Authors from across the Americas share findings and explore
new thinking about Western hemisphere-specific issues that affect nursing and health care. Using
economic globalization as an overarching framework, these cross-national case studies show the
strengths and contradictions in nursing, elucidating common themes and examining successes. The
partnership of authors shapes a collective understanding of nursing in the Americas and forms a
basis for enduring hemisphere-wide academic exchange. Thus, the book offers a new platform for
understanding the struggles and obstacles of nursing in a climate of globalization, as well as
for understanding nursing's richness and accomplishments. Because politics, economics, health,
and nursing are inextricably linked, this volume critically explores the intersections among
political economies and nursing and health care systems. The historical and contextual background
allows readers to make sense of how and why nursing in the Americas has taken on its present form.
Intended Audience: Graduate and undergraduate faculty and students in nursing, social sciences,
health social sciences, and the health professions.
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ABOUT THE EDITOR
Karen Lucas Breda is Associate Professor at the University of Hartford in West Hartford,
Connecticut. She holds a Ph.D. in anthropology from the University of Connecticut, in Storrs, and
a B.S.N. and M.S.N. from Boston University School of Nursing. First as a Fulbright Scholar to Italy,
and later as a fellow with the Giovanni Agnelli Foundation in Turin, Breda studied the political
economy of health care in the Italian National Health System. Her interests in cross-national health
care, globalization, and the world system have infused her scholarship and teaching for nearly two
decades, and her specialization in critical political economy and cultural anthropology allows her to
bring multidisciplinary analyses to her work. Breda's clinical background is in pediatrics, mental
health, and culturally competent community nursing. She brings a critical and anthropological lens to
her teaching and scholarship. She is project director of the grant-funded Project Horizon, a community
service learning initiative at the University of Hartford, College of Education, Nursing and Health
Professions, Department of Nursing. Project Horizon links students, faculty, and staff from across
the university with community partners to co-create health, social, and cultural advocacy initiatives.
Breda is a local, national, and international presenter, a successful grant writer, and an advocate
for urban families and children living in poverty. She maintains her areas of expertise through
reading, conference attendance and presentation, and professional networking, especially with
colleagues from diverse professions and disciplines.
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