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Studying complex caring interfaces: key issues arising from a study of multi‐agency rehabilitative care for people who have suffered a stroke
Author(s) -
ALLEN DAVINA,
LYNE PATRICIA,
GRIFFITHS LESLEY
Publication year - 2002
Publication title -
journal of clinical nursing
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.94
H-Index - 102
eISSN - 1365-2702
pISSN - 0962-1067
DOI - 10.1046/j.1365-2702.2002.00555.x
Subject(s) - agency (philosophy) , work (physics) , nursing , public relations , ethnography , order (exchange) , health care , quality (philosophy) , key (lock) , sociology , medicine , psychology , business , political science , mechanical engineering , ecology , social science , philosophy , finance , epistemology , anthropology , law , engineering , biology
• Ensuring `seamless' health and social services provision has been a concern of policy makers for many years but our understanding of this complex system of work remains underdeveloped. • This article reports selected findings from a series of ethnographic case studies of health and social services provision to adults recovering from a first acute stroke. • Flexible working, the need for a lead professional and the transition from hospital to home are themes considered. • The need for high quality data in order to develop our existing understanding of complex caring interfaces is underlined.