Learning through observation: The role of ethnography in improving critical care

Current Opinion in Critical Care

Volumn 16, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 639-642

  Dixon Woods, Mary ^a   Bosk, Charles ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEICESTER   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

Author keywords

critical care; ethnography; intensive care units; qualitative methods; reflective learning

Indexed keywords

ETHNOGRAPHY; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HUMAN; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; PATIENT SAFETY; QUALITATIVE ANALYSIS; REVIEW; SOCIAL STRESS; TERMINAL CARE;

ANTHROPOLOGY, CULTURAL; COMMUNICATION; CRITICAL CARE; DEATH; HUMANS; INTENSIVE CARE UNITS; PATIENT SAFETY; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; QUALITY OF HEALTH CARE;

EID: 78649658057     PISSN: 10705295     EISSN: 15317072     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/MCC.0b013e32833ef5ef     Document Type: Review

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