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The interplay of knowledge and decision making between nurses and doctors in critical care
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posted on 2001-04-01, 00:00 authored by Elizabeth ManiasElizabeth Manias, A StreetThis paper explores the complex interrelationships between knowledge and decision making as nurses and doctors interacted with each other in a critical care unit, which comprised a combined general intensive care and cardiothoracic surgical unit. The critical ethnographic study upon which this paper is based, involved a research group of six nurses who worked in the unit. Nurses differentially valued their knowledge, depending on the situation, experience and level of medical input. They were also involved in decision making based on their differential visibility in the process. Nurses' specialised knowledge of the critical care unit played a major role in influencing how they interacted during decision making.
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International journal of nursing studiesVolume
38Issue
2Pagination
129 - 140Publisher
ElsevierLocation
Amsterdam, The NetherlandsPublisher DOI
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0020-7489Language
engPublication classification
C1.1 Refereed article in a scholarly journalCopyright notice
2001, Elsevier ScienceUsage metrics
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AdultAnthropology, CulturalAttitude of Health PersonnelClinical CompetenceCooperative BehaviorCritical CareDecision MakingFemaleHealth Knowledge, Attitudes, PracticeHumansKnowledgeMaleMedical Staff, HospitalNew South WalesNursing Methodology ResearchNursing Staff, HospitalPhysician-Nurse RelationsSurveys and QuestionnairesScience & TechnologyLife Sciences & BiomedicineNursingcritical ethnographynurse-doctor relationshipsPOWER
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