A night in Accident and Emergency
2015
11
34-37
emergency treatment ; hospital ; night work ; shift work ; working conditions ; work load ; healthcare worker ; trade union document
Working conditions
English
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"Saint-Pierre University Hospital is the oldest hospital in Brussels. Located in one of the city's most working-class neighbourhoods, Les Marolles, it occupies the site of a medieval leper colony. That social calling has lasted down the ages and is a key part of the institution's identity. The hospital describes itself as ‘secular and social' and is proud ‘to welcome all patients, regardless of their origin, philosophical or religious convictions, or social status'. We spent a night at Saint-Pierre, shadowing the hospital's accident and emergency nurses."
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