Elective surgical patients' narratives of hospitalization: The co-construction of safety

Social Science and Medicine

Volumn 98, Issue , 2013, Pages 29-36

  Doherty, Carole ^a   Saunders, Mark N K ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SURREY   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SURREY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Hospital; Patient safety; Patients' stories; Sensemaking; Trust; UK

Indexed keywords

HEALTH CARE; HEALTH SERVICES; HOSPITAL SECTOR; IDEOLOGY; SAFETY;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; ELECTIVE SURGERY; EXPECTATION; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; IDEOLOGY; INTERVIEW; MALE; NARRATIVE; NURSE; PATIENT CARE; PATIENT PARTICIPATION; PATIENT SAFETY; PERSONAL EXPERIENCE; PHYSICIAN; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PROFESSIONAL KNOWLEDGE; SENSEMAKING; SKILL; SURGICAL PATIENT; TRUST; UNITED KINGDOM; VERY ELDERLY; YOUNG ADULT;

UNITED KINGDOM;

HOSPITAL; PATIENT SAFETY; PATIENTS' STORIES; SENSEMAKING; TRUST; UK;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; FEMALE; GREAT BRITAIN; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMANS; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NARRATION; PATIENT SAFETY; PHYSICIAN-PATIENT RELATIONS; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; SURGICAL PROCEDURES, ELECTIVE; TRUST; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84890249085     PISSN: 02779536     EISSN: 18735347     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.socscimed.2013.08.014     Document Type: Article

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