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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.

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

HES-SO, Haute école de travail social et de la santé Lausanne (HETSL), Réseau de compétence « Age, vieillissements et fin de vie » (AVIF), CH-1010

Swiss Journal of Sociology

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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...

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

Publié en ligne: 20 mars 2020

Pages: 97 - 115

DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/sjs-2020-0005

Mots clés
Nursing homes, professionalism, social care work, health care work, hotel work

© 2020 David Pichonnaz et al., published by Sciendo

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 3.0 License.

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

Publié en ligne: 20 mars 2020

Pages: 97 - 115

DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/sjs-2020-0005

Mots clésNursing homes, professionalism, social care work, health care work, hotel work

© 2020 David Pichonnaz et al., published by Sciendo

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 3.0 License.

Mots clés
Nursing homes, professionalism, social care work, health care work, hotel work