Labour in the Laboratory: Medical Laboratory Workers in the Maritimes, 1900-50

· McGill-Queen's/Associated Medical Services Studies in the History of Medicine, Health, and Society Book 23 · McGill-Queen's Press - MQUP
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Labour in the Laboratory is also about the ways in which health care work has been organized. Twohig reveals that many health care workers fulfilled multiple roles, challenging traditional ideas of professional boundaries and exclusive control over particular tasks. Using evidence from the Maritime provinces, he challenges assumptions about health care work and hospital development throughout Canada and beyond.
Labour in the Laboratory is also about the ways in which health care work has been organized. Twohig reveals that many health care workers fulfilled multiple roles, challenging traditional ideas of professional boundaries and exclusive control over particular tasks. Using evidence from the Mariti...

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Peter L. Twohig is Canada Research Chair and associate professor at the Gorsebrook Research Institute for Atlantic Canada Studies, Saint Mary's University.
Peter L. Twohig is Canada Research Chair and associate professor at the Gorsebrook Research Institute for Atlantic Canada Studies, Saint Mary's University.

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