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By Peter Jaret, Karen Kasmauski (photographer), and Marla Salmon (senior editor)
240 pp, $29.95
Atlanta, GA, Emory University Press, 2008
ISBN-13: 978-0-9814-5650-8

JAMA. 2008;300(12):1468-1469.

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Initially, when gazing at this book's cover photograph, one's eyes focus on a nurse who is reaching delicately toward a mother feeding her newborn. Soon one's eyes are drawn toward the window in the background and into the outdoor courtyard beyond which clothes are hanging to dry, and one quickly realizes that if nothing else, Nurse: A World of Care promises a vivid and artistic portrayal of nurses around the world.

Opening the cover, 3 photographs practically jump off the page to poignantly illustrate the book's themes: "To Nurture," "To Care," and "To Be a Nurse." The dozens of images contributed by Karen Kasmauski (whose photographs have been featured in 30 articles for National Geographic) capture nurses around the world doing what they do best: interacting in meaningful relationships with patients, families, and communities. To be sure, some of the images of nurses are touching and reveal a tenderness . . . [Full Text of this Article]

Peter I. Buerhaus, PhD, RN, Reviewer
Center for Interdisciplinary Health Workforce Studies
Institute for Medicine and Public Health
Vanderbilt University Medical Center
Nashville, Tennessee
peter.buerhaus@vanderbilt.edu

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