Discourse analysis of newspaper coverage of the 2001/2002 Canterbury, New Zealand mental health nurses' strike

International Journal of Mental Health Nursing

Volumn 14, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 187-195

  Farrow, Tony L ^a   O'Brien, Anthony J ^b  

^a CHRISTCHURCH POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (New Zealand)

^b UNIVERSITY OF AUCKLAND   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Discourse analysis; Media; Mental health nursing; Strike

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; BEHAVIOR; HEALTH PERSONNEL ATTITUDE; HUMAN; MASS MEDIUM; NEW ZEALAND; NURSING METHODOLOGY RESEARCH; NURSING ORGANIZATION; NURSING STAFF; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PERCEPTION; PROFESSIONAL COMPETENCE; PSYCHIATRIC NURSING; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; PUBLIC OPINION; PUBLICATION; SEMANTICS; SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY; TRADE UNION;

ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; HUMANS; MASS MEDIA; NEW ZEALAND; NEWSPAPERS; NURSING METHODOLOGY RESEARCH; NURSING STAFF, HOSPITAL; POWER (PSYCHOLOGY); PREJUDICE; PROFESSIONAL COMPETENCE; PSYCHIATRIC NURSING; PUBLIC OPINION; SEMANTICS; SOCIAL PERCEPTION; SOCIETIES, NURSING; STRIKES, EMPLOYEE;

EID: 27744493560     PISSN: 14458330     EISSN: 14470349     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1440-0979.2005.00380.x     Document Type: Article

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