Giving voice to health professionals' attitudes about their clinical service structures in theoretical context

Health Care Analysis

Volumn 13, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 315-335

  Braithwaite, Jeffrey ^a   Westbrook, Mary T ^a   Iedema, Rick A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

Author keywords

Clinical service structures; Health professionals; Hospitals; Philosophical theories of structure; Qualitative and quantitative analysis; Social organisational theories of structure; Staff attitudes

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; COOPERATION; EMPOWERMENT; EVALUATION; HEALTH CARE MANAGEMENT; HEALTH CARE ORGANIZATION; HEALTH PERSONNEL ATTITUDE; HEALTH PRACTITIONER; HEALTH SERVICE; HOSPITAL; HOSPITAL PERSONNEL; HUMAN; MANAGER; NURSE ATTITUDE; PHYSICIAN ATTITUDE; QUESTIONNAIRE; THEORETICAL STUDY;

ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; HOSPITAL RESTRUCTURING; HUMANS; INTERPROFESSIONAL RELATIONS; MEDICAL STAFF, HOSPITAL; ORGANIZATIONAL INNOVATION; PERSONNEL, HOSPITAL;

EID: 29544436145     PISSN: 10653058     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10728-005-8128-y     Document Type: Article

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