Labour in the Laboratory: Medical Laboratory Workers in the Maritimes, 1900-50McGill-Queen's Press - MQUP, 2005 - 241 pages A portrait of the rise of Canada's third largest health care profession. |
Contents
Introduction | 3 |
Laboratory Work in the Maritimes The Institutional Context | 19 |
The Content of Laboratory Work | 37 |
Not Just Bench Warmers Labour in the Laboratory | 58 |
Diffuse Roles and Multitasking | 82 |
Recruitment Mobility and Wages | 116 |
Standing on the Shoulders of Giants Leaves Me Cold | 153 |
Common terms and phrases
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