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Author Ducey, Ariel, 1972-

Title Never good enough : health care workers and the false promise of job training / Ariel Ducey.

Imprint Ithaca : ILR Press/Cornell University Press, 2009.

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Location Call No. OPAC Message Status
 Axe 3rd Floor Stacks  362.110683 D855n 2009    ---  Available
Description xi, 300 p. ; 23 cm.
Series The culture and politics of health care work
Culture and politics of health care work.
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (p. [279]-289) and index.
Contents Introduction : health care and getting by in America -- The pull and perils of health care work -- Restructuring the New York way -- The promise of training -- Too skilled to care : multiskilling -- "It all comes down to you" : self-help and soft skills -- Training without end : upgrading -- From skills to meaning -- A common cause -- Education as a benefit -- Conclusion : a dose of idealism.
Subject Hospitals -- Employees -- Training of -- New York (State) -- New York.
Health facilities -- Employees -- Training of -- New York (State) -- New York.
Hospitals -- Employees -- Labor unions -- New York (State) -- New York.
Health facilities -- Employees -- Labor unions -- New York (State) -- New York.
Allied Health Personnel -- education -- New York.
Hospitals -- manpower -- New York.
Inservice Training -- New York.
ISBN 9780801475047 (pbk. : alk. paper)
080147504X (pbk. : alk. paper)
9780801444593 (cloth : alk. paper)
0801444594 (cloth : alk. paper)

 
    
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