You are who I say you are: The rhetorical construction of identity in the operating theatre

Journal of Workplace Learning

Volumn 18, Issue 7-8, 2006, Pages 414-425

  Bleakley, Alan ^a,b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EXETER   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PLYMOUTH   (United Kingdom)

^c ROYAL CORNWALL HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Communication; Operating theatres; Rhetoric; Team working

Indexed keywords

EID: 33750730284     PISSN: 13665626     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/13665620610692980     Document Type: Article

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