Nursing Power and Social Judgement - An Interpretive Ethnography of a Hospital Ward (Hardcover)

First published in 1997, this work makes a substantial reexamination of the social processes behind the labelling of patients in hospital care. Taking an interpretive perspective, the author analyzes the social construction of patient labels identifying strategies for and the consequences of giving and receipt of 'good' and 'bad' labels. He shows how the rich data of truly participant observation in the tradition of reflexive ethnography can powerfully illuminate the experiences and actions of both patients and their nurses. It is a critical analysis of key work in this field. Professor Johnson demonstrates the redundancy of trait theories of social judgment, offering a more complex and negotiated reality in which patient labels form a part of a rich web of unequal power relations between nurses and their clients.

General

Imprint:	Routledge
Country of origin:	United Kingdom
Series:	Routledge Revivals
Release date:	August 2018
First published:	1997
Authors:	Martin Johnson
Format:	Hardcover
Pages:	221
ISBN-13:	978-1-138-33075-7
Categories:	Books > Medicine > Nursing & ancillary services > Nursing > General Books > Social sciences > Sociology, social studies > Social issues > Illness & addiction: social aspects > General Books > Medicine > General issues > Public health & preventive medicine > Personal & public health > General Books > Academic & Education > Varsity Textbooks > Nursing
LSN:	1-138-33075-2
Barcode:	9781138330757

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