*CONFERENCES & conventions, *MEDICAL care, *NURSES, *PHILOSOPHY of nursing, *NURSING career counseling, *SOCIAL problems, *WORLD health, *ETHICAL decision making, *OCCUPATIONAL roles, *NURSES' associations
Abstract
The article discusses the 15th International Philosophy of Nursing (IPONS) Conference held on 25–28 August 2011, at the West Park Centre in Dundee, Scotland. Several speakers at the conference included professor Sam Porter, Queen's University, Belfast, Peter Allmark, of Sheffield Hallam University and Robert Newsom from Guildford Technical Community College in North Carolina. Several papers presented at the conference focused on the theme of 'Healthcare and the Politics of Austerity.'