Contents -- Figures and Tables -- Acknowledgments -- Preface -- Abbreviations -- Illustrations -- 1 Introduction -- 2 Laboratory Work in the Maritimes: The Institutional Context -- 3 The Content of Laboratory Work -- 4 Not Just Bench Warmers: Labour in the Laboratory -- 5 Diffuse Roles and Multitasking -- 6 Recruitment, Mobility, and Wages -- Conclusion -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Index -- A -- B -- C -- D -- E -- F -- G -- H -- I -- J -- K -- L -- M -- N -- O -- P -- R -- S -- T -- U -- V -- W -- X -- Y
Summary
"Medical laboratory technology is currently the third largest health profession in Canada but those who work in it remain largely invisible, both to the public and in the literature. In Labour in the Laboratory Peter Twohig examines the origins of the laboratory workforce in the Maritime provinces and rethinks the broader history of the twentieth-century Canadian hospital."--Jacket
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references (pages 215-233) and index
