edited by Davina Allen, Jeffrey Braithwaite, Jane Sandall and Justin Waring.
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1 online resource (171 pages).
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Sociology of health and illness monograph series
GENERAL NOTES
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Includes index
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The salience of inferred interests for trusting relations
CONTENTS NOTE
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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