Uptake of a team briefing in the operating theatre: A Burkean dramatistic analysis

Social Science and Medicine

Volumn 69, Issue 12, 2009, Pages 1757-1766

  Whyte, Sarah ^a   Cartmill, Carrie ^b   Gardezi, Fauzia ^b   Reznick, Richard ^b   Orser, Beverley A ^b   Doran, Diane ^b   Lingard, Lorelei ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WATERLOO   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

Author keywords

Canada; Communication; Dramatistic analysis; Interprofessional teams; Operating theatre; Patient safety

Indexed keywords

COMMUNICATION; PERCEPTION; RESEARCH WORK; SAFETY;

ANESTHESIST; ARTICLE; CANADA; ETHNOGRAPHIC RESEARCH; GENERAL SURGERY; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HEALTH SERVICE; HUMAN; INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION; MOTIVATION; OPERATING ROOM; PATIENT ATTITUDE; PATIENT CARE; PATIENT SAFETY; TEAMWORK; URBAN AREA;

ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; CANADA; COOPERATIVE BEHAVIOR; DRAMA; GENERAL SURGERY; GROUP PROCESSES; HOSPITALS, URBAN; HUMANS; INTERDISCIPLINARY COMMUNICATION; MOTIVATION; OPERATING ROOMS; PATIENT CARE TEAM; SAFETY MANAGEMENT;

CANADA; NORTH AMERICA;

BURKEA;

EID: 71749104430     PISSN: 02779536     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.socscimed.2009.09.054     Document Type: Article

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