Slavery and jouissance: Analysing complaints of suffering in UK and Australian nurses' talk about their work

Nursing Philosophy

Volumn 15, Issue 3, 2014, Pages 192-200

  Traynor, Michael ^a   Evans, Alicia ^b  

^a MIDDLESEX UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b AUSTRALIAN CATHOLIC UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Australia; Focus groups; jouissance; Professional identity; Psychoanalysis; United Kingdom

Indexed keywords

AUSTRALIA; BEHAVIOR; GREAT BRITAIN; HUMAN; INFORMATION PROCESSING; JOB SATISFACTION; LITERATURE; MEDICAL ETHICS; MENTAL STRESS; NURSE; NURSE ATTITUDE; PHILOSOPHY; PSYCHOANALYTIC THEORY; PSYCHOLOGY;

AUSTRALIA; ETHICS, NURSING; FOCUS GROUPS; GREAT BRITAIN; HUMANS; JOB SATISFACTION; METAPHOR; NURSE'S ROLE; NURSES; PHILOSOPHY, NURSING; POWER (PSYCHOLOGY); PSYCHOANALYTIC THEORY; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL;

EID: 84901851365     PISSN: 14667681     EISSN: 1466769X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/nup.12051     Document Type: Article

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