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A critical ethnographic study of older people participating in their health care in acute hospital environments

"While consumer participation is the focus of 21st century health policy, little is known about this concept from the perspectives of people who require acute hospital services. [...]This project set out to explore older people's perspective of participating in their care. Adopting critical ethnographic method, field work included observation of the inpatient experience. Following discharge home people were interviewed about their experiences including what helped and what hindered participation in their care. Similarly nurses involved in [...] a hospital experience were invited to be involved in individual and focus group discussions aimed at defining how they believed they facilitated people to participate as well as barriers that prevent this style of care." / Doctor of Philosophy

Identiferoai:union.ndltd.org:ADTP/266062
Date January 2005
CreatorsPenney, Wendy
Source SetsAustraliasian Digital Theses Program
Detected LanguageEnglish
RightsCopyright Wendy Penny

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