ArticleSociology of health & illness2016
Enacting corporate governance of healthcare safety and quality: a dramaturgy of hospital boards in England.
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- An Algorithm at the Table at Multidisciplinary Diagnostic Meetings: A Dramaturgical Analysis.Sociology of health & illness · 2026Article
- Putting "what matters to you?" into practice: a focused team-based ethnographic study on goal-oriented care.BMC primary care · 2026Article
- Understanding corporate governance of healthcare quality: a comparative case study of eight Australian public hospitals.BMC health services research · 2019Article
- Explaining organisational responses to a board-level quality improvement intervention: findings from an evaluation in six providers in the English National Health Service.BMJ quality & safety · 2019Article
- From embracing to managing risks.BMJ open · 2018Article
- False Dawns and New Horizons in Patient Safety Research and Practice.International journal of health policy and management · 2017Article
- Do Hospital Boards matter for better, safer, patient care?Social science & medicine (1982) · 2017Article
- The Integrated Care World is a Stage: Applying Goffman's Theory of Dramaturgy to the Activities of Integrated Care.International journal of integrated careArticle
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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.
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