title: The collapse of the conventional career.
abstract: The Collapse of the Conventional Career was commissioned by the ENB as 'the first in a number of discussion papers in which important issues were to be explored so that the professional could debate them fully' (Jean Hooper, chairwoman of the ENB, in her foreword). The author Celia Davis' premise was that, conventionally, a career was seen as comprising full-time work carried out without a break in service. Because many female nurses could not fulfil this expectation they were disadvantaged in a number of ways. In order to address the problems faced in practice by those who would not be able, for various reasons, to undertake a conventional career, Professor Davis looked at what changes in thinking and policy would be required.
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Mangan
mesh_terms: D002322:Career Mobility; D004651:Employment / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence; D004739:England; D006801:Humans; D009729:Nursing