‘Teach, reduce and discharge’: Community nurses’ textual production of ‘independence’ and the coordination of discharge from home care services

Over the past three decades, the Canadian healthcare system has undergone significant reform and restructuring. As a result, healthcare and healthcare costs are relocated from hospitals to the community (McGregor, 2001). Text-based technology is increasingly used to standardize care and contain heal...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Lisa Watt
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: University of Stavanger 2016-04-01
Series:Journal of Comparative Social Work
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Online Access:http://journal.uia.no/index.php/JCSW/article/view/362