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No Entry: Prohibitions and Violations in Organizational Spaces across the Patient-Staff Interface in Hospital

No Entry: Prohibitions and Violations in Organizational Spaces across the Patient-Staff Interface in Hospital

Livia Bruscaglioni
Copyright: © 2016 |Pages: 21
ISBN13: 9781466699922|ISBN10: 1466699922|EISBN13: 9781466699939
DOI: 10.4018/978-1-4666-9992-2.ch009
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Bruscaglioni, Livia. "No Entry: Prohibitions and Violations in Organizational Spaces across the Patient-Staff Interface in Hospital." Promoting Patient Engagement and Participation for Effective Healthcare Reform, edited by Guendalina Graffigna, IGI Global, 2016, pp. 171-191. https://doi.org/10.4018/978-1-4666-9992-2.ch009

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Bruscaglioni, L. (2016). No Entry: Prohibitions and Violations in Organizational Spaces across the Patient-Staff Interface in Hospital. In G. Graffigna (Ed.), Promoting Patient Engagement and Participation for Effective Healthcare Reform (pp. 171-191). IGI Global. https://doi.org/10.4018/978-1-4666-9992-2.ch009

Chicago

Bruscaglioni, Livia. "No Entry: Prohibitions and Violations in Organizational Spaces across the Patient-Staff Interface in Hospital." In Promoting Patient Engagement and Participation for Effective Healthcare Reform, edited by Guendalina Graffigna, 171-191. Hershey, PA: IGI Global, 2016. https://doi.org/10.4018/978-1-4666-9992-2.ch009

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Abstract

The chapter investigates the dynamic of encounters between staff and patients in two case studies on hospital organisation, taking special account of the emotional and psychological aspects associated with practices in the use of organisational space. By drawing on two empirical cases set in different hospital contexts (the waiting rooms of two outpatients wards and an emergency unit), analysis is made of two examples of practices which represent express violations of the rules on the use of space by patients and their relatives. Violations that could be analysed as demand of engagement - by patients and relatives - in the process of care. In these empirical cases the governance defensive reaction strategies used by hospital staff in their interaction with waiting patients is shown in light of the rules that define the behaviour acceptable for patients and relatives. The study is based on a qualitative methodological approach using the techniques of observation and in-depth interviews with hospital staff, patients and relatives.

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