Title
Health care's forgotten majority: Nurses and their frayed white collars
Document Type
Book
Publication Date
1995
Department/School
Women's and Gender Studies
Abstract
Discussion regarding health care in the United States usually centers around the doctors and insurance companies. This book deals with one group that is largely overlooked: nurses. As an example of white collar workforce, nurses are segmented by class. Amongst this group is a class-conscious working class, a status-conscious nursing management and a class- and status-conscious mid-level. This book focuses on nurses' positions in the labor process and their reaction to that labor process, their choice of collective strategy (trade unionism, professional unionism, or professionalization), and why they choose these roles.
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Recommended Citation
Goodman-Draper, J. (1995). Health care’s forgotten majority: Nurses and their frayed white collars. Boston, MA: Auburn House.