Labour in the Laboratory: Medical Laboratory Workers in the Maritimes, 1900-50

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McGill-Queen's Press - MQUP, 4. mai 2005 - 264 pages
Labour in the Laboratory is also about the ways in which health care work has been organized. Twohig reveals that many health care workers fulfilled multiple roles, challenging traditional ideas of professional boundaries and exclusive control over particular tasks. Using evidence from the Maritime provinces, he challenges assumptions about health care work and hospital development throughout Canada and beyond.
 

Contents

1 Introduction
3
The Institutional Context
19
3 The Content of Laboratory Work
37
Labour in the Laboratory
58
5 Diffuse Roles and Multitasking
82
6 Recruitment Mobility and Wages
116
Conclusion
153
Notes
167
Bibliography
215
Index
235
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Peter L. Twohig is Canada Research Chair and associate professor at the Gorsebrook Research Institute for Atlantic Canada Studies, Saint Mary's University.

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