Sociology has its place in nurse education, says Mike Brennan
I teach modules on the social aspects of health and health care to pre-registration nurses, and I am sometimes met with reluctance by a minority of students. They can’t quite see the relevance of theoretical subjects such as sociology which appear to offer little practical support to becoming a nurse.
Nursing Standard. 19, 5, 25-25. doi: 10.7748/ns.19.5.25.s46
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