Nursing work is typically understood in terms of direct clinical care yet a majority of nurses' time is spent on coordinating clinical work. This innovative book draws on new empirical data and explores this often hidden aspect of nurses' work, underlining the importance of it in good quality patient care.

Davina Allen is Professor of Health Service Delivery at Cardiff University, UK. She is Deputy Editor-in-Chief of Sociology of Health and Illness.

Preface Chapter 1. A Figure-Ground Reversal Chapter 2. Creating Working Knowledge Chapter 3.Articulating Trajectories of Care Chapter 4. Match-Making Chapter 5. Passing the Baton, Parsing the Patient Chapter 6. Rethinking Hospital Organisation, Rethinking Nursing