A disputed occupational boundary: Operating theatre nurses and Operating Department Practitioners

Sociology of Health and Illness

Volumn 26, Issue 5, 2004, Pages 645-666

  Timmons, Stephen ^a   Tanner, Judith ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NOTTINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

^b DERBY CITY GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Nursing; Occupational boundaries; Operating Department Practice

Indexed keywords

ANESTHESIST; ARTICLE; COST BENEFIT ANALYSIS; HEALTH CARE; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; NURSE; OCCUPATION; SALARY; SURGEON; UNITED KINGDOM; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; AUTHORITY; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; CONFLICT; EDUCATION; HEALTH PERSONNEL ATTITUDE; MEDICAL PROFESSION; NURSE ATTITUDE; NURSING METHODOLOGY RESEARCH; NURSING STAFF; OPERATING ROOM PERSONNEL; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PROFESSIONAL PRACTICE; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; PUBLIC RELATIONS; QUESTIONNAIRE; SALARY AND FRINGE BENEFIT; SOCIOLOGY; STANDARD; WORK;

ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; AUTHORITARIANISM; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; CONFLICT (PSYCHOLOGY); DISSENT AND DISPUTES; GREAT BRITAIN; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HUMANS; INTERPROFESSIONAL RELATIONS; JOB DESCRIPTION; NURSE'S ROLE; NURSING METHODOLOGY RESEARCH; NURSING STAFF, HOSPITAL; OPERATING ROOM NURSING; OPERATING ROOM TECHNICIANS; PROFESSIONAL AUTONOMY; QUESTIONNAIRES; SALARIES AND FRINGE BENEFITS; SOCIOLOGY, MEDICAL; SPECIALISM;

EID: 4143087397     PISSN: 01419889     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.0141-9889.2004.00409.x     Document Type: Article

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