Of orderlies and men
Subtitle: hospital porters achieving wellness at work
By: by Nigel Rapport.
Series: Ethnographic studies in medical anthropology; Carolina Academic Press ethnographic studies in medical anthropology series
Publisher: Carolina Academic Press
Published: 2008
Place of publication: Durham, N.C
Language: eng
Number of pages: 271
ISBN-13: 9781594605321
Subjects: Nurses' aides -- Scotland; Porters -- Scotland; Hospitals -- Employees -- Scotland; Medical anthropology -- Scotland; Nurses' Aides -- Scotland; Personnel, Hospital -- Scotland; Anthropology, Cultural -- methods -- Scotland; Attitude of Health Personnel -- Scotland; Men -- Scotland; Self Concept -- Scotland
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Job description : "hospital porter"; title: The themes and cast, and caste; title: The site : a walk around Constance Hospital; title: The fieldworker : letters of intent; title: Institutionalism : "Scotland" and "hospital"; title: Envoi; title: Medical others : a complex of portering attitudes and relations; title: A quality life? : working (-out) with Bob the Bodybuilder; title: Computers as foci of inattention : six scenarios; title: A fetish for classification : hospitalized identities; title: Teasing and solicitude : on the gentleness of porters; title: Well-being among the sick : on the move with the porters; title: Porter power? : the incident of "Dangerous Dan," for instance; title: Moments of being : discourses of compassion, deference, and communion; title: A "Scottish hospital?"