Public trust and accountability for clinical performance: Lessons from the national press reportage of the Bristol hearing

Journal of Evaluation in Clinical Practice

Volumn 5, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 335-342

  Davies, Huw Talfryn Oakley ^a,b,c   Shields, Adam Valentine ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ST ANDREWS   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ST ANDREWS   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Accountability; Media; Mortality rates; Quality; Trust

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; MALPRACTICE; MASS MEDIUM; MEDICAL LIABILITY; MEDICAL PROFESSION; MORTALITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SELF EXAMINATION;

BRISTOL ROYAL INFIRMARY; EMPIRICAL APPROACH; GENERAL MEDICAL COUNCIL (GREAT BRITAIN); HEALTH CARE AND PUBLIC HEALTH; LEGAL APPROACH; PROFESSIONAL PATIENT RELATIONSHIP;

ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; GREAT BRITAIN; HOSPITALS, PUBLIC; HUMANS; JOURNALISM; MALPRACTICE; MEDICAL STAFF, HOSPITAL; NEWSPAPERS; PEER REVIEW; PUBLIC OPINION; SOCIAL RESPONSIBILITY;

EID: 0032866509     PISSN: 13561294     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2753.1999.00200.x     Document Type: Article

References (28)

1. Angermeyer M.C. & Matschinger H. (1996) The effect of violent attacks by schizophrenic persons on the attitude of the public towards the mentally ill. Social Science and Medicine 43, 1721-1728.
2. Anonymous (1993) Dicing with death rates (editorial). Lancet 341, 1183-1184.
3. Blenden R.J., Brodie M., Benson J.M., Altman D.E., Levitt L., Hoff T. & Hugick L. (1998) Understanding the managed care backlash. Health Affairs 17, 80-94.
4. Bower H. (1998) More doctors face suspension as managers flex their muscles. British Medical Journal 317, 1101.
5. Davies H.T.O. (1998) Performance management using health outcomes: in search of instrumentality. Journal of Evaluation in Clinical Practice 4, 150-153.
6. Davies H.T.O. & Crombie I.K. (1997) Interpreting health outcomes. Journal of Evaluation in Clinical Practice 3, 187-200.
7. Davies H.T.O. & Lampel J. (1998) Trust in performance indicators. Quality in Health Care 7, 159-162.
8. Davies H.T.O. & Mannion R. (1999) Clinical governance: striking a balance between checking and trusting. In: Reforming Markets in Health Care - an economic perspective (ed. P.C. Smith) Open University Press, Milton Keynes.
9. Dickson N. (1995) League tables: use for patients. Quality in Health Care 4, 1.
10. Donaldson L.J. & O'Brien S. (1995) Press coverage of the Cleveland sex abuse enquiry: a source of public enlightenment? Journal of Public Health Medicine 17, 70-76.
11. Entwistle V.A., Watt I.S., Bradbury R. & Fehl L.J. (1996) Media coverage of the Child B case. British Medical Journal 312, 1587-1591.
12. Fukuyama F. (1995) Trust: the social virtues and the creation of prosperity. The Free Press, New York.
13. Hollis M. (1998) Trust Within Reason. Cambridge University Press, Cambridge.
14. Horton R. (1997) nvCJD: after the hype, some real data. Lancet 349, 820.
15. Horton R. (1998) How should doctors respond to the GMC's judgements on Bristol? Lancet 351, 1900-1901.
16. Jowell R., Curtice J., Park A., Brook L., Thomson K. & Bryson C., eds (1997) British Social Attitudes, the 14th Report. Ashgate, Aldershot.
17. Klein R. (1998) Competence, professional self regulation, and the public interest. British Medical Journal 316, 1740-1742.
18. Lipset M.L. & Schneider W. (1987) The Confidence Gap: business, labor and government in the public mind. Johns Hopkins University Press, Baltimore.
19. McKee M. (1997) Indicators of clinical performance. British Medical Journal 315, 142.
20. Mechanic D. (1996) Changing medical organization and the erosion of trust. Milbank Quarterly 74, 171-189.
21. NHS Executive (1998) The New NHS Modern and Dependable: a national framework for assessing performance. NHS Executive, Leeds.
22. Scally G. & Donaldson L.J. (1998) Clinical governance and the drive for quality improvement in the new NHS in England. British Medical Journal 317, 61-65.
23. Secretary of State for Health (1998a) A First Class Service: quality in the new NHS. Department of Health, London.
24. Secretary of State for Health (1998b) The New NHS: Modern, Dependable. HMSO, London.
25. Smith R. (1998a) All changed, changed utterly. British Medical Journal 316, 1917-1918.
26. Smith R. (1998b) Renegotiating medicine's contract with patients. British Medical Journal 316, 1622-1623.
27. Thomson R.G., McElroy H. & Kazandjian V.A. (1997) Maryland Hospital Quality Indicator Project in the United Kingdom: an approach for promoting continuous quality improvement. Quality in Health Care 6, 49-55.
28. Warden J. (1998) Hospital death rates to be published, for England. British Medical Journal 316, 1767.