Mimetic desire and professional closure: Toward a theory of intra/inter-professional aggression

Research and Theory for Nursing Practice

Volumn 24, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 128-143

  St Pierre, Isabelle ^a   Holmes, Dave ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OTTAWA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Girard; Intra inter professional aggression; Mimetic mechanism; Professional closure; Weber

Indexed keywords

AGGRESSION; ARTICLE; COMPETITIVE BEHAVIOR; DISPLACEMENT BEHAVIOR; FRANCE; GERMANY; HISTORY; HISTORY OF MEDICINE; HUMAN; HUMAN RELATION; MOTIVATION; PSYCHOLOGICAL THEORY; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; SOCIAL DOMINANCE;

AGGRESSION; COMPETITIVE BEHAVIOR; DOMINANCE-SUBORDINATION; FRANCE; GERMANY; HISTORY OF NURSING; HISTORY, 20TH CENTURY; HUMANS; INTERPERSONAL RELATIONS; MOTIVATION; PSYCHOLOGICAL THEORY; SCAPEGOATING; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR;

EID: 77954709538     PISSN: 15416577     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1891/1541-6577.24.2.128     Document Type: Article

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