Catheters, Slurs, and Pickup Lines: Professional Intimacy in Hospital Nursing

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Catheters, Slurs, and Pickup Lines: Professional Intimacy in Hospital Nursing

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In Catheters, Slurs, and Pickup Lines, Lisa Ruchti carefully examines this fragile relationship between intimacy and professional care, and provides a language for patients, nurses, and administrators to teach, conduct, and advocate for knowledgeable and skilled intimate care in a hospital setting. She also recommends best training practices and practical and effective policy changes to handle conflicts. Ruchti shows that "caring" is not just a personality characteristic but is work that is structured by intersections of race, gender, and nationality.

ISBN

978-1-43990-752-8

Publication Date

2-2012

Publisher

Temple University Press

City

Philadelphia, PA

Keywords

nursing, intimacy

Disciplines

Medicine and Health | Social Psychology and Interaction

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