The "clinalyst": Institutionalizing reflexive space to realize safety and flexible systematization in health care

Journal of Organizational Change Management

Volumn 24, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 175-190

  Iedema, Rick ^a   Carroll, Katherine ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY SYDNEY   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Ethnography; Health care; Hospitals; Patients

Indexed keywords

EID: 79954520205     PISSN: 09534814     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/09534811111119753     Document Type: Article

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