At the cutting edge? Modernization and nostalgia in a hospital operating theatre department

Sociology

Volumn 40, Issue 6, 2006, Pages 1097-1115

  McDonald, Ruth ^a   Waring, Justin ^b   Harrison, Stephen ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NOTTINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Identity; Medicine; Nostalgia; Surgery

Indexed keywords

EID: 33751566370     PISSN: 00380385     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0038038506069851     Document Type: Article

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