Interprofessional conflict and repair: A study of boundary work in the hospital

Sociological Perspectives

Volumn 56, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 327-349

  Apesoa Varano, Ester Carolina ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Boundary work; Conflict; Ethnography; Health care; Health care practitioners; Hospital; Professions; Repair work

Indexed keywords

EID: 84883785761     PISSN: 07311214     EISSN: 15338673     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1525/sop.2013.56.3.327     Document Type: Article

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