Purpose (limit 100 words) This paper discusses the value of post-modern psychosocial approaches to studying knowledge and practice construction in Health Care Organizations and Settings (HCO&S) and the increasing ability of qualitative research to furnish a deeper, more ecological, and more usable understanding of the social construction of health knowledge and practices. Design/methodology/approach (limit 100 words) The argument proposed in the paper is based on a critical literature review conducted on the Psychinfo, Scopus, PubMed and Web of Science databases Findings (limit 100 words) Recent years have seen cultural changes in the values and goals of healthcare interventions that are deeply reconfiguring HCO&S. These changes are reframing HCO&S action and are highlighting the importance of understanding and managing not only the “expert context” but also the “lay contexts” of healthcare interventions. In an attempt to deal with these emergent changes (and challenges), HCO&S are taking advantage of new insights matured in the post-modern turn of organizational analysis. In this frame, qualitative research proves suitable for connecting HCO&S needs and priorities with the new post-modern paradigm of knowledge- and practice-sharing in organizations. Originality/value (limit 100 words) The paper demonstrates the value of qualitative research in the analysis of HCO&S and casts light on the new research trends and new technical-methodological options arising in this field.

(2012). Knowing, learning and acting in health care organizations and services: challenges and opportunities for qualitative research [journal article - articolo]. In QUALITATIVE RESEARCH IN ORGANIZATIONS AND MANAGEMENT. Retrieved from http://hdl.handle.net/10446/209384

Knowing, learning and acting in health care organizations and services: challenges and opportunities for qualitative research

Scaratti, Giuseppe
2012-01-01

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Purpose (limit 100 words) This paper discusses the value of post-modern psychosocial approaches to studying knowledge and practice construction in Health Care Organizations and Settings (HCO&S) and the increasing ability of qualitative research to furnish a deeper, more ecological, and more usable understanding of the social construction of health knowledge and practices. Design/methodology/approach (limit 100 words) The argument proposed in the paper is based on a critical literature review conducted on the Psychinfo, Scopus, PubMed and Web of Science databases Findings (limit 100 words) Recent years have seen cultural changes in the values and goals of healthcare interventions that are deeply reconfiguring HCO&S. These changes are reframing HCO&S action and are highlighting the importance of understanding and managing not only the “expert context” but also the “lay contexts” of healthcare interventions. In an attempt to deal with these emergent changes (and challenges), HCO&S are taking advantage of new insights matured in the post-modern turn of organizational analysis. In this frame, qualitative research proves suitable for connecting HCO&S needs and priorities with the new post-modern paradigm of knowledge- and practice-sharing in organizations. Originality/value (limit 100 words) The paper demonstrates the value of qualitative research in the analysis of HCO&S and casts light on the new research trends and new technical-methodological options arising in this field.
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Bosio, Albino Claudio; Graffigna, Guendalina; Scaratti, Giuseppe
(2012). Knowing, learning and acting in health care organizations and services: challenges and opportunities for qualitative research [journal article - articolo]. In QUALITATIVE RESEARCH IN ORGANIZATIONS AND MANAGEMENT. Retrieved from http://hdl.handle.net/10446/209384
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