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CARING FOR THE VULNERABLE: PERSPECTIVES IN NURSING THEORY, PRACTICE, AND RESEARCH de Chesnay, M. (Ed.) (2005). Caring for the vulnerable: Perspectives in nursing theory, practice, and research. Sudbury, MA: Jones and Bartlett. (ISBN 0-7637-4764-5 paperback $57.95; 473 pages)
Mary de Chesnay, DNS7 RN, CS, FAAN, in collaboration with 65 nursing and interdisciplinary colleagues, has edited this compilation or theory, practice, and research that advances our understanding of the unique challenges of caring for vulnerable populations, de Chesnay's book features nursing concepts, theories, research, practice, teaching-learning, and policy implications-work that addresses the complex issues confronting the nursing profession and the health care system. The authors discuss the provision of health care services to a broad array of vulnerable persons, such as elders, homeless adolescents, immigrants, persons with chronic physical or psychiatric conditions, rural residents, sexual minorities, and the poor and uninsured, among others. The book emphasizes the significance of nurses as vital links between vulnerable patients and available healthcare resources. In this way, Caring for the Vulnerable: Perspectives in Nursing Theory, Practice, and Research examines the contextual factors that influence the delivery of health care for culturally diverse, vulnerable populations. That is, the book looks at a particular dilemma for today's nurses: caregiving for vulnerable populations in an increasingly complex and technologically advanced health care environment.
de Chesnay has organized the book into six units and 47 chapters. Unit I explores the concepts...