A critical discourse analysis of British national newspaper representations of the academic level of nurse education: Too clever for our own good?

Nursing Inquiry

Volumn 19, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 297-307

  Gillett, Karen ^a  

^a KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Critical discourse analysis; Media; Nurse education; Politics; Professional issues; Public image

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HUMAN; MORALITY; NATIONAL HEALTH SERVICE; NURSING EDUCATION; POLITICS; PUBLIC OPINION; PUBLICATION; UNITED KINGDOM;

EDUCATION, NURSING; GREAT BRITAIN; HEALTH POLICY; HUMANS; MORALE; NEWSPAPERS; POLITICS; PUBLIC OPINION; STATE MEDICINE;

EID: 84868691593     PISSN: 13207881     EISSN: 14401800     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1440-1800.2011.00564.x     Document Type: Article

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