Limiting Harm in Health Care: A Nursing Perspective

Maps, medicine, nurses and health care; Defining medicine, nursing and the nature of iatrogenesis; Health professions, power, knowledge and expertise, Shifting boundaries in current nursing practice; The hidden harm of drug therapy; Drugging family therapy- shifts in the care of hyperactive children; Talking harm- the medicalization of mental health practice; Disabling professions- the lay perspective; Lessons on managing risk- the medical experience; Nurse diagnosed myocardial infarction- hidden nurse work and iatrogenic risk; Talking death , talking harm; NHS Direct- the impact of information technology and shifting nurse roles; Repercussions and possible future trends- limiting iatrogenic harm.