ABSTRACT
Observing Organisations presents a unique approach derived from direct participant observation of small units within institutions, all in the health and social services sector.
A range of contributors bring together the results of their own observational projects to show how they were able to come to a psychoanalytically informed understanding of the cultures that arise within healthcare organisations, and how this understanding can be used to overcome difficulties that arise.
TABLE OF CONTENTS
part I|26 pages
General introduction
part II|71 pages
Observations in mental health care
chapter Chapter 5|14 pages
At a crossroad between institutional and community psychiatry
An acute psychiatric admission ward
part III|53 pages
Observations in general health care
part IV|14 pages
Conclusions