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Author:

Ducey, Ariel, 1972-

Title:

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

Publisher:

ILR Press/Cornell University Press,

Copyright Date:

2009

Description:

xi, 300 pages ; 23 cm.

Subject:

Hospitals--Training of--Training of--New York.--New York.
Health facilities--Training of--Training of--New York.--New York.
Hospitals--Labor unions--Labor unions--New York.--New York.
Health facilities--Labor unions--Labor unions--New York.--New York.
Allied Health Personnel--education--New York.
Hospitals--manpower--New York.
Inservice Training--New York.
Health facilities--Labor unions.--Labor unions.
Health facilities--Training of.--Training of.
Hospitals--Labor unions.--Labor unions.
Hospitals--Training of.--Training of.
New York (State)--New York.
Gewerkschaft.
Krankenhaus.
Arbeitnehmer.
Berufliche Fortbildung.
New York <NY>

Other Authors:

UI Women in Science and Engineering donor IaU

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages 253-289) 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.

Series:

The culture and politics of health care work

ISBN:

080147504X (pbk. : alk. paper)
9780801475047 (pbk. : alk. paper)
0801444594 (cloth : alk. paper)
9780801444593 (cloth : alk. paper)

OCLC:

(OCoLC)228371820

LCCN:

2008023736

Locations:

OVUX522 -- University of Iowa Libraries (Iowa City)