A public lecture by Suzanne Gordon Wednesday, Jan. 23, 2008 3:30 p.m.
Stone Center Auditorium South Road, Near the Bell Tower Free and open to the public
Parking available in UNC Hospitals garages
Please RSVP to: Whitney Howell whitney_howell@unc.edu (919) 966-4619
Suzanne Gordon has been a freelance journalist and author since 1970, writing about political culture, women’s issues, nursing and health care. Gordon has authored five books, co-edited four others, and co-authored, “From Silence to Voice: What Nurses Know and Must Communicate to the Public” - winner of an American Journal of Nursing Best Book of the Year Award in 2000.
Gordon observes nurses and other caregivers in health care institutions across the country and writes about care giving and health care reform issues. Her new book, “Nursing Against the Odds: How Heath Care Cutting, Media Stereotypes, and Medical Hubris Undermine Nurses and Patient Care” was published by the Cornell University Press in May 2005. She is currently writing a book called “The Perfect Number” about staffing ratios in California and Australia.
She holds the B.A. from Cornell University, did graduate work Johns Hopkins University, is a visiting professor at the University of Maryland, an editorial board member of The American Journal of Nursing, and a board member of the Center for Nursing Advocacy.
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