Making Room in the Clinic

Download or read book Making Room in the Clinic written by Julie Fairman and published by Rutgers University Press. This book was released on 2008 with total page 578 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In Making Room in the Clinic, Julie Fairman examines the context in which the nurse practitioner movement emerged, how large political and social movements influenced it, and how it contributed to the changing definition of medical care. Drawing on primary source material, including interviews with key figures in the movement, Fairman describes how this evolution helped create an influential foundation for health policies that emerged at the end of the twentieth century, including health maintenance organizations, a renewed interest in health awareness and disease prevention, and consumer-based services.