Never good enough
Subtitle: health care workers and the false promise of job training
By: Ariel Ducey.
Series: The culture and politics of health care work
Publisher: Cornell University Press
Published: 2009
Place of publication: Ithaca
Language: eng
Number of pages: 300
ISBN-13: 9780801444593; 9780801475047
Subjects: Hospitals -- Employees -- Training of -- New York (State) -- New York; Health facilities -- Employees -- Training of -- New York (State) -- New York; Hospitals -- Employees -- Labor unions -- New York (State) -- New York; Health facilities -- Employees -- Labor unions -- New York (State) -- New York
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Introduction : health care and getting by in America; title: The pull and perils of health care work; title: Restructuring the New York way; title: The promise of training; title: Too skilled to care : multiskilling; title: "It all comes down to you" : self-help and soft skills; title: Training without end : upgrading; title: From skills to meaning; title: A common cause; title: Education as a benefit; title: Conclusion : a dose of idealism.