List of contributors -- Preface -- Acknowledgements -- Editor's note -- Introduction -- Ch. 1. Change strategies: the classic models -- Ch. 2. Theory into practice: some examples of the application of change strategies -- Ch. 3. The nurse as a change agent -- Ch. 4. The change obstacle course: additional perspectives on the change process -- Ch. 5. Nursing Development Units -- Ch. 6. Studies in change -- a. Struggling for change -- b. Changing practice: changing myself -- c. Macmillan respite at home scheme -- my role in change -- Ch. 7. Costs and conflicts -- Ch. 8. Evaluation -- Ch. 9. Conclusion: nurses and the power of change -- Index.rnIncludes bibliographical references and index.rn