'Untangling the web of critical incidents': Ethnography in a paediatric setting

Anthropology and Medicine

Volumn 15, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 91-103

  Hunter, Cynthia L ^a,b   Spence, Kaye ^c   Scheinberg, Adam ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY SYDNEY   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

^d UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Heedfulness; Positive learning; Socio affectivity

Indexed keywords

ANTHROPOLOGY; ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; CRITICAL INCIDENTS METHOD; CULTURAL FACTOR; ETHNOGRAPHY; HOSPITAL DEPARTMENT; HUMAN; PEDIATRIC HOSPITAL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REHABILITATION CENTER; ROOT CAUSE ANALYSIS; SOCIAL ASPECT;

EID: 46449117704     PISSN: 13648470     EISSN: 14692910     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/13648470802122016     Document Type: Article

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