Nursing identity and abortion work : interrupting 50 years of professional discourse

In this inquiry, I investigate the discursive processes of professional identity construction and acquisition in the context of nurses’ participation in abortion work. Guided by social linguistic theory, I have conducted an historical discourse analysis of the abortion-related articles, advertisemen...

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Main Author: Haney, Catherine Margaret
Language:English
Published: University of British Columbia 2011
Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/2429/39214