ABSTRACT
The story of the occupational health of nurses in KZN, South Africa, needs to be understood in terms of the global forces that impinge on nurses’ care for people with HIV/AIDS. The goal of this book is to treat a complex subject in a complex manner. Academic study of and debate about the nature of neoliberal globalization; theories of the work environment; brain drain and the global nursing shortage; the African and South African HIV/AIDS epidemic; and nurses, HIV/AIDS and occupational health are important to developing a rich context. The coverage is not meant to be exhaustive; rather it highlights aspects of the debate that are most salient to this project.
