Observing organisations : anxiety, defence and culture in health care / edited by Robert D. Hinshelwood and Wilhelm Skogstad.
Contributor(s): Hinshelwood, R. D
| Skogstad, Wilhelm.
Material type: 
BookPublisher: London ; Philadelphia : Routledge, 2000Description: xiv, 175 p. : ill. ; 24 cm + pbk.ISBN: 0415196302.Subject(s): Health facilities -- Administration -- Psychological aspects | Health services administration -- Psychological aspects | Health care teams -- Psychological aspectsDDC classification: 362.1068
| Item type | Current library | Call number | Copy number | Status | Date due | Barcode | Item holds |
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| General Lending | MTU Crawford College of Art and Design Library Lending | 362.1068 (Browse shelf(Opens below)) | 1 | Available | 00072832 |
Enhanced descriptions from Syndetics:
Observing Organisations presents a unique approach derived from direct participant observation of small units within institutions, all in the health and social services sector.
A range of contributors bring together the results of their own observational projects to show how they were able to come to a psychoanalytically informed understanding of the cultures that arise within healthcare organisations, and how this understanding can be used to overcome difficulties that arise.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
CIT Module PLAC 9001 - Supplementary reading.
Table of contents provided by Syndetics
- Acknowledgements
- Preface
- Foreword
- Anton Obholzer
- General Introduction
- The Dynamics of Health Care Institutions
- The Method of Observing Organisations
- Observations in Mental Health Care
- A Chronic Psychiatric Ward
- Food for Thought: The Canteen of a Mental Hospital
- At a Crossroads Between Institutional and Community Psychiatry: An Acute Psychiatric Admission Ward
- Mental and Physical Space: A Long Stay Psychiatric Ward
- Tyrannical Equality: A Mental Health Hostel
- Observations in General Health Care
- Working in a World of Bodies: A Medical Ward
- Nowhere to Hide: A Day Case Centre
- Sitting Close to Death: A Pallative Care Unit
- Conclusion
- Reflections on Health Care Cultures
- Bibliography
- Index