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Disagreements in Nursing Homes. Analysing the Competition between Occupations with Fuzzy Boundaries

David Pichonnaz

David Pichonnaz

Haute école de travail socialSierre,
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Pichonnaz, David
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Alexandre Lambelet

Alexandre Lambelet

Lausanne,
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Lambelet, Alexandre
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Valérie Hugentobler

Valérie Hugentobler

Lausanne,
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Hugentobler, Valérie
  
Mar 20, 2020
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Published Online: Mar 20, 2020
Page range: 97 - 115
DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/sjs-2020-0005
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This article looks at interprofessional disagreements about how care should be provided in nursing homes for elderly people. The article shows that, while work is discussed by referring to four general principles, their prioritization remains a point of contention. This priority ranking is specific to the norms of each profession involved, which are not always compatible.

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