'Modern language' or 'spin'? Nursing, 'newspeak' and organizational culture: New health scriptures

Journal of Nursing Management

Volumn 12, Issue 5, 2004, Pages 290-298

  Richman, Joel ^a   Mercer, Dave ^b  

^a MANCHESTER METROPOLITAN UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LIVERPOOL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Jargon; Language; Newspeak; Nursing; Organizational culture; Rhetoric; Spin

Indexed keywords

CULTURAL ANTHROPOLOGY; HEALTH CARE; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HUMAN; LANGUAGE; MEDICAL EDUCATION; MEDICAL ETHICS; MEDICAL PRACTICE; MEDICAL PROFESSION; NATIONAL HEALTH SERVICE; NURSING; ORGANIZATION; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PATIENT CARE; REVIEW; SOCIOLOGY;

CONFLICT (PSYCHOLOGY); CULTURAL CHARACTERISTICS; EMPATHY; GREAT BRITAIN; HEALTH CARE REFORM; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HEALTH POLICY; HUMANS; NARRATION; NURSING; ORGANIZATIONAL CULTURE; ORGANIZATIONAL INNOVATION; PHILOSOPHY, MEDICAL; PHILOSOPHY, NURSING; POLITICS; POWER (PSYCHOLOGY); SEMANTICS; SOCIAL VALUES; STATE MEDICINE; SYMBOLISM;

EID: 4444373983     PISSN: 09660429     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2834.2004.00444.x     Document Type: Review

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