Conferences, tablecloths and cupboards: How to understand the situatedness of quality improvements in long-term care

Social Science and Medicine

Volumn 78, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 78-85

  Stoopendaal, Annemiek ^a   Bal, Roland ^a  

^a ERASMUS UNIVERSITY ROTTERDAM   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Actor network theory; Ethnographic research; Long term care; Quality improvement; Sustainability; The Netherlands

Indexed keywords

ACTOR NETWORK THEORY; CONCEPTUAL FRAMEWORK; EMPIRICAL ANALYSIS; HEALTH CARE; HEALTH SERVICES; MALNUTRITION;

ARTICLE; CONCEPT FORMATION; EMPIRICAL RESEARCH; ETHNOGRAPHY; HEALTH CARE; HEALTH CARE COST; HEALTH CARE ORGANIZATION; HUMAN; LONG TERM CARE; MALNUTRITION; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PROPHYLAXIS; QUALITATIVE ANALYSIS; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; TOTAL QUALITY MANAGEMENT; TRAINING;

EMPIRICAL RESEARCH; HUMANS; LONG-TERM CARE; MODELS, THEORETICAL; NETHERLANDS; PROCESS ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE); QUALITY IMPROVEMENT;

NETHERLANDS;

EID: 84872423965     PISSN: 02779536     EISSN: 18735347     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.socscimed.2012.11.037     Document Type: Article

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