The sociology of healthcare safety and quality / edited by Davina Allen [and three others].

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Allen, Davina, 1963- editor.

Series:

Sociology of Health and Illness Monographs

THEi Wiley ebooks.

Sociology of health and illness monographs

THEi Wiley ebooks

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Medical care--Sociological aspects.

Medical care.

Medical care--Quality control.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (171 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

West Sussex : Wiley Blackwell, 2016.

System Details:

Access using campus network via VPN at home (THEi Users Only).

Summary:

'The Sociology of Healthcare Safety and Quality' presents a series of research-informed readings on the sociological contributions of technologies, practices, experiences, and organisational quality and safety across a range of healthcare contexts.

Contents:

The Sociology of Healthcare Safety and Quality; Contents; Notes on contributors; 1 Towards a sociology of healthcare safety and quality; Introduction; Parallel paths?; Organising for safety and quality; Technologies and practices of quality and safety; Experiences, and contribution to quality and safety; The sociology of quality and safety: future directions; Concretisation; Culture; Politics; Theory and practice; Acknowledgements; References; 2 Healthcare quality and safety: a review of policy, practice and research; Introduction

The emergence of healthcare quality and safety as a social problemUnderstanding quality and safety: parallel perspectives; The orthodox paradigm; Sociological contributions; Discussion; Acknowledgements; Notes; References; 3 What is the role of individual accountability in patient safety? A multi-site ethnographic study; Introduction; Methods; Findings; Discussion and conclusions; Conclusions; Acknowledgements; References; 4 Enacting corporate governance of healthcare safety and quality: a dramaturgy of hospital boards in England; Introduction

The foundations of performativity: Austin and GoffmanThe rise of 'performativity; The performativity of governance: Hajer; Methods; Design; Sample selection; Data collection and analysis; Findings; Site 1: Arran- a world-class provider; Site 2: Skye- a local service under pressure; Site 3: Lewis- an embattled regional powerhouse; Site 4: Islay- faith in quality improvement methodologies; A dramaturgy of board governance of patient safety; Scripting; Setting I: physical; Setting II: artefacts; Staging; Performance(s): board governance of infection control; Discussion; Conclusions

AcknowledgementsReferences; 5 The social practice of rescue: the safety implications of acute illness trajectories and patient categorisation in medical and maternity settings; Introduction; A focus on rescue in the context of acute illness; Managing patients trajectories in hospital settings; Categorisation and ordering practices; The research project; Findings; The rescue imperative in the context of maternity and medical care; Ensuring safety, quality and efficiency; The acutely ill 'crocks' in medical wards; The primacy of the 'real emergency' in maternity; Discussion; Acknowledgements

NotesReferences; 6 Sensemaking and the co-production of safety: a qualitative study of primary medical care patients; Introduction; Sensemaking and safety; Methods; Findings; Sensemaking and the articulation of safety; Sensemaking from experience: reflecting on safety in practice; Proactive patients and the co-production of safety; Discussion; Conclusions; Acknowledgements; References; 7 Chains of (dis)trust: exploring the underpinnings of knowledge-sharing and quality care across mental health services; Introduction; Theoretical framework: trust chains

The salience of inferred interests for trusting relations

Notes:

Includes index.

Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (ebrary, viewed October 10, 2016).

ISBN:

9781119276388

1119276381

9781119276364

1119276365

9781119276371

1119276373

OCLC:

958582541