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The 'vital connection': A rhetoric on equality

Hamilton, P.M.

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Abstract

The paper's principal focus of analysis is an equalities framework introduced into the UK National Health Service in April 2000. This framework, called “The Vital Connection” is first contextualised against the background of long standing concerns and debates relating to equal opportunities within the NHS. In going on to examine the framework document the paper conducts a rhetorical analysis of the document which this paper treats as a piece of instrumental discourse. In doing this, the intent of the paper is an examination of how the rhetoric of the document attempts to generate support and identification in attempting to move equal opportunities further up the managerial agenda.

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Hamilton, P. (2003). The 'vital connection': A rhetoric on equality. Personnel Review, 32(6), 694-710. https://doi.org/10.1108/00483480310498675

Journal Article Type Article
Publication Date 2003-12
Deposit Date Apr 2, 2007
Journal Personnel Review
Print ISSN 0048-3486
Publisher Emerald
Peer Reviewed Peer Reviewed
Volume 32
Issue 6
Pages 694-710
DOI https://doi.org/10.1108/00483480310498675
Keywords Equal opportunities, National Health Service, Rhetoric, United Kingdom.
Public URL https://durham-repository.worktribe.com/output/1625630

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