In their own words: Nurses' discourses of cleanliness from the Rehoboth Mission

Nursing Inquiry

Volumn 16, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 155-170

  Lagerwey, Mary D ^a  

^a WESTERN MICHIGAN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Cleanliness; Critical discourse analysis; Cultural competence; Gender; Whiteness

Indexed keywords

AMERICAN INDIAN; ARTICLE; CAUCASIAN; CULTURAL COMPETENCE; FEMALE; HISTORY; HISTORY OF MEDICINE; HOSPITAL SERVICE; HUMAN; HYGIENE; INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION; MALE; NURSE ATTITUDE; RACE; RELIGION; SANITATION; SEX DIFFERENCE; UNITED STATES; ANCESTRY GROUP;

COMMUNICATION; CONTINENTAL POPULATION GROUPS; CULTURAL COMPETENCY; EUROPEAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; FEMALE; HISTORY OF NURSING; HISTORY, 19TH CENTURY; HISTORY, 20TH CENTURY; HOUSEKEEPING; HUMANS; HYGIENE; INDIANS, NORTH AMERICAN; MALE; NEW MEXICO; NURSE'S ROLE; RELIGION; SANITATION; SEX FACTORS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 67649170799     PISSN: 13207881     EISSN: 14401800     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1440-1800.2008.00432.x     Document Type: Article

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