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Dirty Work (dirty + work)
Selected AbstractsIntroduction: Cleaners and the Dirty Work of NeoliberalismANTIPODE, Issue 3 2006Andrew Herod First page of article [source] A review of the psychosocial issues for nurses in male genitalia-related careJOURNAL OF CLINICAL NURSING, Issue 8 2008MMed (Cardiovascular Surgery), Yu-Li Zang BMed (Nursing) Aim., This literature review aimed to highlight psychosocial issues for nurses in the practice of male genitalia-related care so as to guide the improvement of the teaching and practice of male genitalia-related care. Background., Male genitalia-related care is common in hospitals and in the community. In several conditions, e.g. incontinence, postradiotherapy or following operation for cancer of genitalia, bladder, colon or rectum, patients will require male genitalia-related care. Patients who require male genitalia-related care may encounter psychosocial and/or sexual dysfunction. In the holistic approach to men's health, nurses are expected to meet patients' psychosocial and sexual needs, while the literature suggests that nurses' perceptions and attitudes in providing certain male genitalia-related care, e.g. genital hygiene, sexual counselling, are negative. Method., Systematic literature review. Conclusion., Issues surrounding male genitalia-related care for nurses are complicated and may be related to privacy, intimacy, sexuality, dirty work and emotional discomfort. Age, gender, race and social class could compound these issues. Relevance to clinical practice., Nurses' negative perceptions, responses and attitudes towards male genitalia-related care may exacerbate patients' conditions under which male genitalia-related care is required. Appropriate strategies should be developed to overcome these problems. [source] Identifying Natural Product Biosynthetic Genes from a Soil Metagenome by Using T7 Phage SelectionCHEMBIOCHEM, Issue 16 2009Keya Zhang Doing the dirty work: Metagenomic DNA was directly isolated from soil bacteria to construct a T7 phage library. Iterative phage selection by protein modification catalyzed by phosphopantetheinyl transferase enriched putative acyl carrier protein and peptidyl carrier protein genes that are associated with natural product biosynthetic enzymes. [source] Corporate Strategy and Gendered Professional Identities: Reorganization and the Struggle for Recognition and PositionsGENDER, WORK & ORGANISATION, Issue 3 2001Bente Rasmussen Will decentralization of responsibilities in services give women service workers at the lower levels of the organization better and more ,professional' jobs and a recognition of their importance in the organization? This article looks at the valuation of so-called women's skills in services in reorganization processes involving dehierarchization and decentralization of responsibilities. Through four cases of reorganized private and public services in Norway it is shown that more focus on customers and decentralization of responsibilities for the services may lead to recognition of gendered skills and an improved position for women service workers at the lowest levels of the organization. When the tasks of the workers are closely linked to the core function of the organization and not dominated by the organization's ,dirty work', the women at the lowest levels may obtain a more ,professional' work role and their work be recognized as important for the organization. [source] | ||||||||||