Migration, nursing, institutional discrimination and emotional/affective labour: Ethnicity and labour stratification in the UK national health service

Social and Cultural Geography

Volumn 12, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 181-201

  Batnitzky, Adina ^a   Mcdowell, Linda ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Caribbean and asian women; Discrimination; Embodiment; Emotional and affective labour; Interpellation; Migration; Nurses

Indexed keywords

CULTURAL TRADITION; ETHNICITY; HEALTH SERVICES; HEALTH WORKER; INSTITUTIONAL FRAMEWORK; LABOR MIGRATION; RACISM; SKILLED LABOR; WOMENS STATUS; WORKPLACE;

UNITED KINGDOM;

EID: 79951574637     PISSN: 14649365     EISSN: 14701197     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/14649365.2011.545142     Document Type: Article

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