Nursing casualization and communication: A critical ethnography

Journal of Advanced Nursing

Volumn 71, Issue 4, 2015, Pages 870-880

  Batch, Mary ^a   Windsor, Carol ^b  

^a ROYAL BRISBANE AND WOMEN'S HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^b QUEENSLAND UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Casualization; Communication; Critical ethnography; Culture; Healthcare organizations; Marginalization; Nursing

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AUSTRALIA; CLASSIFICATION; CULTURAL ANTHROPOLOGY; EMPLOYMENT; FEMALE; FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT; HEALTH PERSONNEL ATTITUDE; HUMAN; HUMAN RELATION; INFORMATION PROCESSING; INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NURSING STAFF; ORGANIZATION; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PATIENT CARE; PERSONNEL MANAGEMENT; PSYCHOLOGY; STEREOTYPING; WORKPLACE; YOUNG ADULT;

ADULT; ANTHROPOLOGY, CULTURAL; ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; AUSTRALIA; CLASSIFICATION; COMMUNICATION; CONTRACT SERVICES; EMPLOYMENT; FEMALE; FOCUS GROUPS; HUMANS; INTERPERSONAL RELATIONS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NURSING STAFF, HOSPITAL; ORGANIZATION AND ADMINISTRATION; ORGANIZATIONAL CULTURE; PATIENT CARE TEAM; PERSONNEL STAFFING AND SCHEDULING; PSYCHOLOGY; STEREOTYPING; WORKPLACE; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84964253210     PISSN: 03092402     EISSN: 13652648     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/jan.12557     Document Type: Article

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