Risky professional boundaries:Articulations of the personal self by antenatal screening professionals

Journal of Health Organization and Management

Volumn 17, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 264-279

  Mclaughlin, Janice ^a  

^a NEWCASTLE UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Professions; Risk analysis; Values

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HIGH RISK BEHAVIOR; HUMAN; PREGNANCY; PRENATAL DIAGNOSIS; PROFESSIONAL PRACTICE; PROFESSIONAL STANDARD; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; SELF CONCEPT; SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY; SOCIOLOGY; UNITED KINGDOM;

FEMALE; GREAT BRITAIN; HEALTH PERSONNEL; HUMANS; PREGNANCY; PRENATAL DIAGNOSIS; PROFESSIONAL PRACTICE; PROFESSIONAL ROLE; RISK-TAKING; SELF CONCEPT; SOCIAL VALUES; SOCIOLOGY, MEDICAL;

EID: 0642303649     PISSN: 14777266     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/14777260310494780     Document Type: Article

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