Of orderlies and men : hospital porters achieving wellness at work / Nigel Rapport.

  • Rapport, Nigel, 1956-
Date:
[2009]
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Publication/Creation

Durham, North Carolina : Carolina Academic Press, [2009]

Physical description

xxv, 271 pages : black and whire illustrations ; 23 cm.

Bibliographic information

Includes bibliographical references (pages 255-263) and index.

Contents

Job description : 'hospital porter -- The themes and cast, and caste -- The site : a walk around Constance Hospital -- The fieldworker : letters of intent -- Institutionalism : 'Scotland' and 'hospital' -- Envoi -- Medical others : a complex of portering attitudes and relations -- A quality life? : working ( -out) with Bob the bodybuilder -- Computers as foci of inattention : six scenarios -- A fetish for classification : hospitalized identities -- Teasing and solicitude : on the gentleness of porters -- Well-being among the sick : on the move with the porters -- Porter power? : the incident of 'Dangerous Dan', for instance -- Moments of being : discourses of compassion, deference, and communion -- A 'Scottish hospital'?

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  • LocationStatus
    History of Medicine
    CAC.AQ.46
    Open shelves

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ISBN

  • 9781594605321
  • 1594605327