Rules, safety and the narrativisation of identity: A hospital operating theatre case study

Sociology of Health and Illness

Volumn 28, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 178-202

  McDonald, Ruth ^a   Waring, Justin ^b   Harrison, Stephen ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NOTTINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Empowerment; Foucault; Identity; Management; Organisation

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR; HEALTH PERSONNEL ATTITUDE; HEALTH SERVICES RESEARCH; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; MEDICAL ERROR; OBSERVATION; OPERATING ROOM; ORGANIZATION; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; SAFETY; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; SOCIOLOGY; STANDARD; TEACHING HOSPITAL; UNITED KINGDOM; VERBAL COMMUNICATION;

ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; ENGLAND; HOSPITALS, TEACHING; HUMANS; INTERVIEWS; MEDICAL ERRORS; NARRATION; OBSERVATION; OPERATING ROOMS; ORGANIZATIONAL CASE STUDIES; ORGANIZATIONAL CULTURE; POWER (PSYCHOLOGY); PRACTICE GUIDELINES; SAFETY MANAGEMENT; SOCIAL IDENTIFICATION; SOCIOLOGY, MEDICAL;

EID: 33644675165     PISSN: 01419889     EISSN: 14679566     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-9566.2006.00487.x     Document Type: Article

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