title: Social constructionism, discourse analysis and mental health nursing: a natural synergy.
abstract: This paper has been developed to identify the natural synergy between social constructionism, discourse analysis and mental health research. It is based on research undertaken to explore mental health nurses' identity. The proposal is that nurses' identities are rhetorically constructed in the language they use to account for and justify their work in the practice context.
authors.affiliation: Tayside Institute for Health Studies, University of Abertay Dundee, Dundee.
authors.forename: June L
authors.initials: JL
authors.lastname: Leishman
mesh_terms: D001291:Attitude of Health Personnel; D006801:Humans; D019359:Knowledge; D016294:Models, Nursing; D024802:Nurse's Role; D009726:Nurses / Q000523:psychology*; D015404:Nursing Methodology Research; D010687:Philosophy, Nursing; D011568:Psychiatric Nursing / Q000458:organization & administration*; D012649:Self Concept; D012660:Semantics; D012933:Social Identification; D012951:Socialization