Transforming Healthcare with Qualitative Research
Drawing on the knowledge and experiences of world-renowned scientists and healthcare professionals, this important book brings together academic, medical and health systems accounts of the impact of applying qualitative research methods to transform healthcare behaviours, systems and services. It demonstrates the translation of tried-and-tested and new interventions into high-quality care delivery, improved patient pathways and enhanced systems management. It melds social theory, health systems analysis and research methods to address real-life healthcare issues in a rich and realistic fashion.
The systems and services examined include those affecting patient care and patient and professional wellbeing, and the roles and responsibilities of people providing and receiving care. Some chapters delve deeply into the human psyche, examining the very private face of health and illness. Others concentrate on public health and how peoples needs can be met through health promotion and new investments. From real-time case studies to narratives on illness to theories of change, there is something here for everybody. Transforming health systems needs ingenuity and the drive of individuals, the staying power of systems and above all the involvement of patients.
Full of novel ideas and innovative solutions from around the world, all underpinned by qualitative methods and methodologies, this book is a key contribution for advanced students, practitioners and academics interested in health services research, research methods and the sociology of health and illness.
Frances Rapport is Professor of Health Implementation Science at Macquarie Universitys Centre for Healthcare Resilience and Implementation Science and holds an Honorary Chair as Professor of Qualitative Health Research at Swansea Universitys Medical School, UK. She currently leads a team of Implementation Scientists examining new models that can successfully underpin the translation of research outcomes into practical solutions to improve healthcare service delivery.
Jeffrey Braithwaite is the Founding Director of the Australian Institute of Health Innovation; Director of the Centre for Healthcare Resilience and Implementation Science; and Professor of Health Systems Research, Faculty of Medicine, Health and Human Sciences, Macquarie University, Sydney, Australia. He is President Elect of the International Society for Quality in Health Care and a member of multiple groups of the World Health Organisation and the OECD as well as holding visiting professorships and international senior fellowships in six other Universities and think tanks in Europe and Japan.
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Contents
PART 1
Ideas
frances rapport and jeffrey braithwaite
nicky britten
nigel rapport
arthur frank
andrew c sparkes
frances rapport and jeffrey braithwaite
PART 2
Systems
tarcisio a saurin and dayane m c ferreira
zeyad mahmoud, kate churruca, louise a ellis, robyn clay-williams and jeffrey braithwaite
robyn clay-williams, elizabeth austin, jeffrey braithwaite and erik hollnagel
klay lamprell, frances rapport and jeffrey braithwaite
klay lamprell, frances rapport and jeffrey braithwaite
patti shih, janet c long, emilie francis-auton, mia bierbaum, mona faris, robyn clay-williams and frances rapport
PART 3
Solutions
holly j lanham, jacqueline a pugh, david c aron and luci k leykum
mary d patterson and ellen s deutsch
kyota nakamura, shin nakajima, takeru abe and kazue nakajima
kate churruca, louise a ellis, janet c long and jeffrey braithwaite
stephanie best, janet c long, elise mcpherson, natalie taylor and jeffrey braithwaite
hanna augustsson, kate churruca and jeffrey braithwaite
jeffrey braithwaite and frances rapport
Guide
Takeru Abe is Assistant Professor at the Advanced Critical Care and Emergency Center, working also in the Department of Quality and Safety in Healthcare, at Yokohama City University Medical Center. He completed his PhD in Medical Science at the Graduate School of Medical Science, Kyushu University. His research interests include quantitative and mixed methodology, text-mining, and modelling of measurements in quality and safety in healthcare.
