Negotiating access : practices of inclusion and exclusion in the performance of 'real' emergency medicine

This ethnography examines how Accident and Emergency (A&E) operates as both threshold and gatekeeper. The study draws upon field work undertaken in the accident and emergency department of a major UK teaching hospital. Focussing on patients' and staffs' everyday practices and inter...

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Main Author: Hillman, Alexandra
Published: Cardiff University 2007
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Online Access:http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.584013

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