Journal of Health Organization and Management: Volume 21 Issue 1

Perceptions of the impact of primary care organizations on GP prescribing: The iron fist in the velvet glove?

Helen Prosser, Tom Walley

This qualitative study aims to examine key stakeholders' perspectives of primary care group/trust prescribing strategies. Within the context of general practice prescribing, the…

Effects of dialogue groups on physicians' work environment

David Bergman, Bengt Arnetz, Rolf Wahlström, Christer Sandahl

The purpose of this study is to evaluate whether dialogue groups for physicians can improve their psychosocial work environment.

A model for calculating costs of hospital‐acquired infections: an Italian experience

M.M. Gianino, A. Vallino, D. Minniti, F. Abbona, C. Mineccia, P. Silvaplana, C.M. Zotti

Many approaches on the economic aspect of hospital acquired infections (HAIs) have two major limitations: first, the lack of distinction between resources attributable to the…

Cancelled elective operations: an observational study from a district general hospital

P. Sanjay, A. Dodds, E. Miller, P.J. Arumugam, A. Woodward

Cancelled operations are a major drain on health resources: 8 per cent of scheduled elective operations are cancelled nationally, within 24 hours of surgery. The aim of this study…

The impact of research governance in the United Kingdom on research involving a national survey

Margaret Cook, Glenda Cook, Philip Hodgson, Jan Reed, Charlotte Clarke, Pamela Inglis

The purpose of this paper is to examine the impact that research governance processes in the National Health Service (NHS) are having on the conduct of research that involves a…

Nineteenth century handmaids or twenty‐first century partners?

Karen Tosh

The purpose of this paper is to consider the processes influencing the nature of the relationship between hospital medical and nursing staff.

Hostility in coronary artery disease patients and health care workers in Slovakia

Dusan Selko, Ljuba Bacharova, Viera Rusnakova, Stanislav Katina, Branislav Liska

Increased levels of hostility are associated with the increased risk of coronary artery disease (CAD), and with poorer outcomes in CAD patients. The purpose of this paper is to…

Emerald at 40

Rebecca Marsh