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Clinical governance and nursing : a sociological analysis (2007)
Thesis
Staniland, K. Clinical governance and nursing : a sociological analysis. (Thesis). University of Salford, UK

The primary focus for this Thesis is an account of the degree to which nurses and other stakeholders in one National Health Service hospital Trust have responded to the ‘clinical governance’ initiative, the effects on quality improvement and professi... Read More about Clinical governance and nursing : a sociological analysis.

Performing social work : an ethnographic study of talk and text in a metropolitan social services department (1997)
Thesis
White, S. Performing social work : an ethnographic study of talk and text in a metropolitan social services department. (Thesis). University of Salford

The central theme of this ethnographic study is captured in the word play in the title. It is, essentially, an analysis of the social work in social work. With a primary focus on the collegial discourse taking place between 'child care' social work... Read More about Performing social work : an ethnographic study of talk and text in a metropolitan social services department.