Hospital ergonomics: A qualitative study to explore the organizational and cultural factors

Ergonomics

Volumn 46, Issue 9, 2003, Pages 882-903

  Hignett, Sue ^a  

^a LOUGHBOROUGH UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Culture; Gender; Health care; Organization; Qualitative

Indexed keywords

HEALTH CARE; HOSPITALS; PATIENT TREATMENT; SOCIETIES AND INSTITUTIONS;

CULTURAL FACTORS;

ERGONOMICS;

ARTICLE; COPING BEHAVIOR; CULTURAL FACTOR; EMOTIONALITY; EMPLOYMENT; ERGONOMICS; FEMALE; FEMALE WORKER; FOLLOW UP; GENDER; HEALTH CARE; HEALTH CARE INDUSTRY; HEALTH CARE NEED; HEALTH PRACTITIONER; HOSPITAL CARE; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; MEDICAL STAFF; NATIONAL HEALTH SERVICE; NORMAL HUMAN; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PATERNALISM; PATIENT CARE; PATIENT RIGHT; PHILOSOPHY; PHYSICIAN ATTITUDE; QUALITATIVE ANALYSIS; QUESTIONNAIRE; SAMPLING; WELLBEING; WORK CAPACITY;

EMPLOYMENT; FEMALE; GREAT BRITAIN; HOSPITAL-PATIENT RELATIONS; HOSPITALS, PUBLIC; HUMAN ENGINEERING; HUMANS; INTERVIEWS; ORGANIZATIONAL CULTURE; PERSONNEL, HOSPITAL; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; QUESTIONNAIRES; STATE MEDICINE; WOMEN, WORKING;

EID: 0037815417     PISSN: 00140139     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/0014013031000090143     Document Type: Article

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