How do You Feel Doctor? An Analysis of Emotional Aspects of Routine Professional Medical Work

Social Theory and Health

Volumn 6, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 18-36

  Nettleton, Sarah ^a   Burrows, Roger ^a   Watt, Ian ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF YORK   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Ambivalence; Doctors; Emotions; Feelings; Qualitative; UK NHS

Indexed keywords

EID: 51249127584     PISSN: 14778211     EISSN: 1477822X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1057/palgrave.sth.8700112     Document Type: Article

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