Changing faces: Nurses as emotional jugglers

Sociology of Health and Illness

Volumn 23, Issue 1, 2001, Pages 85-100

  Bolton, Sharon C ^a  

^a LANCASTER UNIVERSITY MANAGEMENT SCHOOL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Emotion work; Face work; Goffman; National health service; Nurses

Indexed keywords

EID: 0034747521     PISSN: 01419889     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/1467-9566.00242     Document Type: Article

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