Davina Allen is a Lecturer and Deputy Director of The Centre for Nursing, Health and Social Care Research, School of Nursing and Midwifery Studies, University of Wales College of Medicine, Cardiff.

'An original and challenging picture of everyday life in a typical British general hospital' - - Professor Robert Dingwall, University of Nottingham'Has the potential to be one of the most innovatory and exciting texts to emerge from within nursing for some time.' - - Anne Marie Rafferty, Centre for Policy in Nursing Research'Addresses a useful and timely topic' - - Alice Kiger, Centre for Advanced Studies in Nursing, Aberdeen

• 1 Professionalism and managerialism 2 Conceptualizing the nursing role 3 The study 4 The intra-occupational division of labour 5 The nurse–support worker boundary 6 The nurse–management boundary 7 The nurse–doctor boundary 128 The nurse–patient boundary 9 Conclusions

Davina Allen is a Lecturer and Deputy Director of The Centre for Nursing, Health and Social Care Research, School of Nursing and Midwifery Studies, University of Wales College of Medicine, Cardiff.

'An original and challenging picture of everyday life in a typical British general hospital' - - Professor Robert Dingwall, University of Nottingham'Has the potential to be one of the most innovatory and exciting texts to emerge from within nursing for some time.' - - Anne Marie Rafferty, Centre for Policy in Nursing Research'Addresses a useful and timely topic' - - Alice Kiger, Centre for Advanced Studies in Nursing, Aberdeen

• 1 Professionalism and managerialism 2 Conceptualizing the nursing role 3 The study 4 The intra-occupational division of labour 5 The nurse–support worker boundary 6 The nurse–management boundary 7 The nurse–doctor boundary 128 The nurse–patient boundary 9 Conclusions

Davina Allen is a Lecturer and Deputy Director of The Centre for Nursing, Health and Social Care Research, School of Nursing and Midwifery Studies, University of Wales College of Medicine, Cardiff.

'An original and challenging picture of everyday life in a typical British general hospital' - - Professor Robert Dingwall, University of Nottingham'Has the potential to be one of the most innovatory and exciting texts to emerge from within nursing for some time.' - - Anne Marie Rafferty, Centre for Policy in Nursing Research'Addresses a useful and timely topic' - - Alice Kiger, Centre for Advanced Studies in Nursing, Aberdeen

• 1 Professionalism and managerialism 2 Conceptualizing the nursing role 3 The study 4 The intra-occupational division of labour 5 The nurse–support worker boundary 6 The nurse–management boundary 7 The nurse–doctor boundary 128 The nurse–patient boundary 9 Conclusions