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Risk rituals and embodied risk work

‘I have really learned how to smile with my eyes’. Risk work and embodied care practices among nurses during the COVID-19 pandemic in Denmark

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Pages 37-52 | Received 10 May 2022, Accepted 13 Nov 2023, Published online: 21 Nov 2023

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