Multiple triangulation and collaborative research using qualitative methods to explore decision making in pre-hospital emergency care

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• 作者：Maxine Johnson ; Rachel O’Hara ; Enid Hirst…
• 关键词：Multi ; method research ; Ethnography ; Qualitative ; Patient safety ; Pre ; hospital ; Ambulance service
• 刊名：BMC Medical Research Methodology
• 出版年：2017
• 出版时间：December 2017
• 年：2017
• 卷：17
• 期：1
• 全文大小：788KB
• 刊物主题：Theory of Medicine/Bioethics; Statistical Theory and Methods; Statistics for Life Sciences, Medicine, Health Sciences;
• 出版者：BioMed Central
• ISSN：1471-2288
• 卷排序：17

文摘

BackgroundParamedics make important and increasingly complex decisions at scene about patient care. Patient safety implications of influences on decision making in the pre-hospital setting were previously under-researched. Cutting edge perspectives advocate exploring the whole system rather than individual influences on patient safety. Ethnography (the study of people and cultures) has been acknowledged as a suitable method for identifying health care issues as they occur within the natural context. In this paper we compare multiple methods used in a multi-site, qualitative study that aimed to identify system influences on decision making.