Making nursing visible? Gender, technology and the care plan as script

Information Technology & People

Volumn 15, Issue 2, 2002, Pages 139-158

  Wilson, Melanie ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Gender; Information systems; Nurses; Resistance; Technology

Indexed keywords

EID: 84986097829     PISSN: 09593845     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/09593840210430570     Document Type: Article

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