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Hospital in the home: constructions of the nursing role - a literature review

journal contribution
posted on 2003-01-01, 00:00 authored by Maxine DukeMaxine Duke, A Street
• Acute medical and nursing treatment in the home is increasingly seen as an alternative to hospitalization. Models such as hospital in the home (HITH) or acute home care are said to provide a safe, comfortable environment for patients that is conducive to healing.

• A review of the literature reveals the embryonic nature of the research and discussion related to this alternative care delivery model. In general, the benefits of hospital in the home programmes are presented in an uncritical manner.

• Medical practitioners have embraced the move to home care as a means of expanding the use of advanced technologies and improved drug regimes beyond the hospital walls.

• The nursing response has been mechanistic and recipe-like while advancing the HITH nursing role as an opportunity for speciality practice by virtue of the increased autonomy and independence required.

• This review demonstrates the influence of a professional mandate for specialization, and the ideological and scientific interests that have influenced the role of the nurse.


History

Journal

Journal of clinical nursing

Volume

12

Issue

6

Pagination

852 - 859

Publisher

Wiley Interscience

Location

New York, N.Y.

ISSN

0962-1067

eISSN

1365-2702

Language

eng

Notes

Published Online: 13 Oct 2003

Publication classification

C1 Refereed article in a scholarly journal

Copyright notice

2003 Blackwell Publishing Ltd