Mulcahy, Linda (1996) From fear to fraternity: doctors' construction of accounts of complaints. Journal of Social Welfare and Family Law, 18 (4). pp. 397-412. ISSN 0964-9069
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This article considers one form of consumer activism which has been largely overlooked by academics: complaining. The results of a two-year study of hospital consultants' responses to complaints about medical care are presented. It is argued that complaints have a significant and lasting effect on doctors and that they can lead to a legitimation crisis for them. Complaints cause an initial deconstruction of identity which is followed by a reconstruction anchored in the rhetoric of scientific rationality. Rather than being seen as legitimate expressions of grievance, complaints are commonly portrayed by consultants as symptoms of illness or manifestations of the problem personalities of the complainant.
| Item Type: | Article |
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| Official URL: | http://www.tandf.co.uk/journals/RJSF |
| Additional Information: | © 1996 Routledge |
| Divisions: | Law |
| Subjects: | K Law > K Law (General) R Medicine > RA Public aspects of medicine |
| Date Deposited: | 11 Jan 2010 09:26 |
| Last Modified: | 01 Feb 2024 06:30 |
| URI: | http://eprints.lse.ac.uk/id/eprint/26599 |
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