Enacting corporate governance of healthcare safety and quality: a dramaturgy of hospital boards in England
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Freeman, T., Millar, R., Mannion, R. and Davies, H. 2016. Enacting corporate governance of healthcare safety and quality: a dramaturgy of hospital boards in England. Sociology of Health & Illness. 38 (2), pp. 233-251. https://doi.org/10.1111/1467-9566.12309
Type | Article |
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Title | Enacting corporate governance of healthcare safety and quality: a dramaturgy of hospital boards in England |
Authors | Freeman, T., Millar, R., Mannion, R. and Davies, H. |
Abstract | The governance of patient safety is a challenging concern for all health systems. Yet, while the role of executive Boards receives increased scrutiny, the area remains theoretically and methodologically underdeveloped. Specifically, we lack a detailed understanding of the performative aspects at play: what Board members say and do to discharge their accountabilities for patient safety. This article draws on qualitative data from overt non-participant observation of four NHS hospital Foundation Trust Boards in England. Applying a dramaturgical framework to explore scripting, setting, staging and performance, we found important differences between case study sites in the performative dimensions of processing and interpretation of infection control data. We detail the practices associated with these differences - the legitimation of current performance, the querying of data classification, and the naming and shaming of executives – to consider their implications. |
Keywords | governance; National Health Service (NHS); safety |
Publisher | Blackwell |
Journal | Sociology of Health & Illness |
ISSN | 0141-9889 |
Electronic | 1467-9566 |
Publication dates | |
Online | 04 Aug 2015 |
02 Feb 2016 | |
Publication process dates | |
Deposited | 01 May 2015 |
Accepted | 18 Apr 2015 |
Output status | Published |
Publisher's version | License File Access Level Open |
Accepted author manuscript | File Access Level Restricted |
Copyright Statement | Published version: © 2015 The Authors. Sociology of Health & Illness published by John Wiley & Sons Ltd on behalf of Foundation for SHIL. |
Digital Object Identifier (DOI) | https://doi.org/10.1111/1467-9566.12309 |
Scopus EID | 2-s2.0-84956717375 |
Web of Science identifier | WOS:000369826400004 |
Language | English |
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