June 2010

1. Best care anywhere: Why VA health care is better than yours. Longman, P. (2007) PoliPointPress. 158pp.
   The most important domestic policy discussion in the United States is one that isn't taking place. The subject is whether socialised medicine, already available to the elderly (through Medicare), to the poor (through Medicaid) and to veterans (through the Veterans' Administration), should be extended to the rest of the population. In this book, Phillip Longman describes the turnaround in the Department of Veterans' Affairs (VA) health care system, now widely recognised as leading the nation in terms of both quality and costs. Longman argues that all the tools needed to fix America's health care crisis have already been invented.
2. The Cartwright Papers: Essays on the cervical cancer inquiry 1987-88. Manning. J. (ed) (2009) Bridget Williams Books Ltd. 223pp.
   The Cartwright Inquiry was a watershed in the history of medicine and health care in New Zealand. Between August 1987 and January 1988, public attention was riveted by what seemed like daily revelations from the hearings before Judge Silvia Cartwright. After the inquiry, Cartwright concluded that unethical research had been conducted at National Women's Hospital and that many woman had been affected. The Cartwright papers offers not only a strong rebuttal of recent challenges to the inquiry's findings, but also a clear account of both the "unfortunate experiment" and the inquiry itself from some of the participants. Critical issues were at stake: matters of life and death; the life's work of leaders within the medical profession; public trust in medical practice. The inquiry occurred at a time of dramatic social change, and profound shifts were occurring within the medical profession. Over the years that followed, far better protections for both patients and research participants emerged and (as Sandra Coney writes) a more collaborative partnership developed in the doctor-patient relationship.
3. Celebrating Nursing: A visual history. Hallett, C. (2010) Complimentary copy from Ausmed Publications. 192pp.
   Christine Hallett is the director of the Centre for the History of Nursing and Midwifery at the University of Manchester in the United Kingdom. Through a combination of art, photographs, recollections and history, Celebrating Nursing pays tribute to nursing from earliest times to the present day. Beautifully illustrated, it portrays the lives and works of famous nurses, as well the hidden stories of less well-known but no less remarkable individuals. Kai Tiaki Nursing New Zealand and its founder Hester Maclean are included.
4. Hauora: Māori standards of health IV. A study of the years 2000-2005. Robson, R. & Harris, R. (eds) (2007) Te Ropu Rangahau Hauora a Eru Pomare, School of Medicine and Health Sciences, University of Otago. 273pp.
   Since its inception in 1980, Hauora Māori has been highly regarded, both as a reliable reference work and as an authentically Māori scientific analysis of health and related data. This fourth volume updates the series to 2005. It also reflects 15 years of efforts to improve the quality of Māori health data. Māori are now counted accurately in death registrations and there have been significant improvements in morbidity data. The growing body of Māori health professionals, including researchers, has enabled a range of people to write contributory chapters, including cardiovascular disease; diabetes; respiratory disease; oral health; disability; sleep problems; occupational safety and health; health in prisons; and the National Primary Medical Care Survey.
5. Under One Roof: A History of Waikato Hospital. Armstrong, J. (2009) Half Court Press Ltd. 520pp.
   The Waikato Health Memorabilia Trust was formally constituted in 2005 in recognition of the need to preserve historical records and artefacts related to the provision of health care in the Waikato region. A steering committe was set up in 2004 to carry on initiatives begun by Carolyn Gibbs and others. The trust was established not long after the unexpected death of Rex Wright-St Claire, whose centennial history of Waikato Hospital From Cottage to Regional Base Hospital-Waikato Hospital 1887 to 1987 provides the foundations for Under One Roof. This book draws upon archival sources and interviews with 60 former staff and patients, to map the evolution of Waikato Hospital within a range of contexts. In particular, it emphasises the institution's rapid growth during the second half of the 20th century-driven by population growth and the development of medical specialisation-and the ramifications of that growth in financial, material and personal terms.
6. To advance health care: The origins of nursing research in New Zealand. Litchfield, M. (2009) New Zealand Nurses Organisation. 129pp.
   "Nurses: freed to care, proud to nurse", is a contemporary NZNO slogan. But for nurses to be truly freed to care, their professional practice must be founded on the bedrock of research. NZNA's nursing research section (NRS) played a pivotal role in articulating the importance of research to the profession and its practitioners, and in the wider health field.
   This book examines in detail the confluence of personalities and professional and practice agendas, out of which emerged the NRS, intent on placing research at the centre of nursing's evolution. It provides a fascinating took at how a group of utterly committed women drove their research agenda and it expands understandings of why nursing research is significant for the development of nursing. It also provides an insight into that web of relationships between the professional body, NZNA, the Department of Health, service delivery and education.

Compiled by NZNO librarian Heather Woods and published in Kai Taiki Nursing New Zealand, June 2010 v16(5).

August 2009

New items added to the NZNO Thesis Collection

These items are reference only, however they can be requested via the interlibrary loan scheme.  So go into your local library (at your workplace, tertiary institution or public library) and they will request the item from us, on your behalf.

1. Flight Nurse perceptions  of factors influencing clinical decision making in their practice environment
   by Houliston, Sally Leigh
   Published: 2007
2. The feasibility of establishing Emergency Care Practitioners in New Zealand
   by Clapperton, Jackie
   University of Otago
   Published: February 2008
3. From a generic to a gynaecological oncology clinical nurse specialist: An evolving role
   by Glynis Cumming
   Otago Polytechnic
   Published: March 2008
4. The lived experience of being a core midwife in a New Zealand maternity unit: An interpretive study
   by Wynn-Williams, Beth
   Victoria University of Wellington
   Published: 2006

July 2009

1. Building a Sustainable Workforce
   A summary of the workforce development conference September 2006
   Counties Manukau District Health Board
2. Paying for Tomorrow's Health
   A summary of key themes emerging from a conference on the future funding of New Zealand's health services
   June 2007
   Counties Manukau District Health Board
3. Health and Independence Report 2008
   Minister of Health's report on progress on implementing the New Zealand Health Strategy, and on actiosn to improve quality Director-general of Health's annual report on the state of public health
4. Give and take: families' perceptions and experiences of flexible work in New Zealand
   Families Commission
   Research report no 4/08
5. Closing the gap in a generation: health equity through action on the social determinants of health
   World Health Organization 2008

June 2009  

1. Conflict management in the workplace: how to manage disagreements and develop trust and understanding
   by Shay & Margaret McConnon
   Published 2008
2. Doing a literature review in health & social care: a practical guide
   by Helen Aveyard
   Published 2007
3. New Zealand Employment Law Guide 2009
   by Richard Rudman
4. Nurse managers: a guide to practice
   Edited by Andrew Crowther
   2nd edition 2008
5. The skilled helper
   by Gerard Egan
   Eighth edition 2007
6. Understanding health inequalities in Aoteraoa New Zealand
   Edited by Kevin Dew and Anna Matheson
   Published 2008

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