Quick and dirty? A systematic review of the use of rapid ethnographies in healthcare organisation and delivery

BMJ Quality and Safety

Volumn 27, Issue 4, 2018, Pages 321-330

  Vindrola Padros, Cecilia ^a   Vindrola Padros, Bruno ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

health services research; healthcare quality improvement; qualitative research; social sciences

Indexed keywords

ATTENTION; CINAHL; CLINICAL TRIAL (TOPIC); CONTROLLED STUDY; DATA ANALYSIS; ETHNOGRAPHY; HEALTH CARE PRACTICE; HEALTH CARE UTILIZATION; HEALTH SERVICES RESEARCH; HUMAN; MEDLINE; META ANALYSIS; NOMENCLATURE; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; REGISTRATION; REVIEW; SOCIOLOGY; STUDY DESIGN; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; WEB OF SCIENCE; CULTURAL ANTHROPOLOGY; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH CARE FACILITY; STANDARDS; TOTAL QUALITY MANAGEMENT;

ANTHROPOLOGY, CULTURAL; DELIVERY OF HEALTH CARE; HEALTH FACILITIES; QUALITY IMPROVEMENT;

EID: 85044820965     PISSN: 20445415     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/bmjqs-2017-007226     Document Type: Review

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