Peer reviewedERIC Number: EJ480606
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Publication Date: 1994
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Professionalization and Work Intensification: Nursing in the Cost Containment Era.
Brannon, Robert L.
Work and Occupations: An International Sociological Journal, v21 n2 p157-78 May 1994
Division of labor in hospitals has undergone task reunification, promoted as professional upgrading for nurses. However, this contradicts theories of professionalization and intensifies nurses' workload. At the same time, flattening of the nursing hierarchy increases their accountability. (Author/SK)
Descriptors: Accountability, Cost Effectiveness, Hospitals, Job Development, Nursing, Professional Occupations
Publication Type: Reports - Research; Journal Articles
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Language: English
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