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Never good enough : health care workers and the false promise of job training

Title
Never good enough : health care workers and the false promise of job training / Ariel Ducey.
Author
Ducey, Ariel, 1972-
Publication
Ithaca : ILR Press/Cornell University Press, 2009.

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Description
xi, 300 pages; 23 cm.
Series Statement
The culture and politics of health care work
Uniform Title
Culture and politics of health care work.
Subject
  • Hospitals > Training of > New York
  • Health facilities > Training of > New York
  • Hospitals > Labor unions > New York
  • Health facilities > Labor unions > New York
  • Hospitals
  • Health Facilities
  • Labor Unions
  • New York City
Bibliography (note)
  • Includes bibliographical references (p. [279]-289) and index.
Contents
Introduction. Health Care and Getting By in America -- 1. The Pull and Perils of Health Care Work -- 2. Restructuring the New York Way -- 3. The Promise of Training -- 4. Too Skilled to Care: Multiskilling -- 5. "It All Comes Down to You": Self-Help and Soft Skills -- 6. Training without End: Upgrading -- 7. From Skills to Meaning -- 8. A Common Cause -- 9. Education as a Benefit -- Conclusion. A Dose of Idealism -- App. A. Note on Methods.
ISBN
  • 9780801444593 (cloth : alk. paper)
  • 0801444594 (cloth : alk. paper)
  • 9780801475047 (pbk. : alk. paper)
  • 080147504X (pbk. : alk. paper)
LCCN
2008023736
OCLC
  • ocn228371820
  • 228371820
  • SCSB-5449932
Owning Institutions
Columbia University Libraries