Negotiating status and identity tensions in healthcare team interactions: An exploration of nurse role dialectics

Journal of Applied Communication Research

Volumn 33, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 93-115

  Apker, Julie ^a   Propp, Kathleen M ^a   Zabava Ford, Wendy S ^b  

^a WESTERN MICHIGAN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Department of Computer Science and Engineering

Author keywords

Dialectics; Healthcare Teams; Nursing; Professionalism; Roles

Indexed keywords

EID: 27944495570     PISSN: 00909882     EISSN: 14795752     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00909880500044620     Document Type: Article

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