the respondent's gender and the images they hold or the respondent' s gender and why each believe they hold these images of nursing.
             In the case of Andrew, Gary and Mathew I assume that direct contact with nurses is not an influencing factor as they each have had very little or no contact. During my interview with Cathy, she specified that she has had little contact with nurses; however her grandfather is a retired doctor, fond of telling "hospital stories". I am inclined to think that her grandfather and his stories may influence the image Cathy holds of nurses, particularly as she was the only respondent to describe nurses as the "doctor' s helper".
             In course of conversation with each of the participants, two themes emerged; nursing was referred to as a job or wo
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