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Emotional labour in health care : the unmanaged heart of nursing / Catherine Theodosius.

By: Material type: TextTextSeries: Critical studies in health and society | Critical studies in health and societyPublication details: London : Routledge, c2008.Description: xiv, 232 p. : ill. ; 24 cmContent type:
  • text
Media type:
  • unmediated
Carrier type:
  • volume
ISBN:
  • 9780415409537 (cased) :
  • 9780415409544 (pbk.) :
  • 9780203894958 (ebk.) :
  • 0415409535 (hbk)
  • 9780415409537 (hbk)
  • 0415409543 (pbk)
  • 9780415409544 (pbk)
  • 0203894952 (ebk)
  • 9780203894958 (ebk)
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 610.73 22
LOC classification:
  • RT86 .T45 2008
NLM classification:
  • 2008 L-292
  • WY 87
Contents:
Emotion management and emotional labour: the work of Arlie Russell Hochschild -- Emotional labour in health care -- Emotion and cognition -- Synthesising Darwin and Freud with interactionist theory -- Emotion and personal and social identity part 2 -- The emotional field -- Therapeutic emotional labour -- Instrumental emotional labour -- Collegial emotional labour -- Reflexive emotion -- Management.
Summary: Based on original empirical research and narratives from nurses, this book introduces the concept of emotional labour and its historical and political context. It provides an original, but easily recognisable typology, and emphasizes that it is a complex emotion that drives emotional labour within the healthcare setting.
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2 Week Loan Our Lady of Lourdes Hospital Library, Drogheda Our Lady of Lourdes Hospital Library, Drogheda Our Lady of Lourdes Hospital, Drogheda 610.730699 WY 87 (Browse shelf(Opens below)) Available DR09771
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Includes bibliographical references (p. 220-226) and index.

Emotion management and emotional labour: the work of Arlie Russell Hochschild -- Emotional labour in health care -- Emotion and cognition -- Synthesising Darwin and Freud with interactionist theory -- Emotion and personal and social identity part 2 -- The emotional field -- Therapeutic emotional labour -- Instrumental emotional labour -- Collegial emotional labour -- Reflexive emotion -- Management.

Based on original empirical research and narratives from nurses, this book introduces the concept of emotional labour and its historical and political context. It provides an original, but easily recognisable typology, and emphasizes that it is a complex emotion that drives emotional labour within the healthcare setting.

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