The fake patient: A research experiment in a Ghanaian hospital
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Auteurs : Sjaak Van Der Geest ; Samuel SarkodieSource :
- Social Science & Medicine [ 0277-9536 ] ; 1998.
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- Anthropological, Anthropological research, Anthropologist, Bucket latrine, Cost recovery, Covert participant observation, Covert research, Elsevier science, Ethical implications, Ethical quality, Fake patient, Fellow patients, Formal interviews, Geest, Ghanaian, Ghanaian hospital, Hospital authorities, Hospital life, Hospital secretary, Hospital ward, Male ward, Many patients, Medical anthropology, Medical institution, Nurse, Other patients, Participant, Participant observation, Portable sterilizer, Psychiatric hospital, Psychiatric patients, Research experiment, Research study, Researcher, Sarkodie, Sociaal onderzoek, Social scientists, Sociology student, Unobtrusive participant observation, Water closet.
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- Anthropological, Anthropological research, Anthropologist, Bucket latrine, Cost recovery, Covert participant observation, Covert research, Elsevier science, Ethical implications, Ethical quality, Fake patient, Fellow patients, Formal interviews, Geest, Ghanaian, Ghanaian hospital, Hospital authorities, Hospital life, Hospital secretary, Hospital ward, Male ward, Many patients, Medical anthropology, Medical institution, Nurse, Other patients, Participant, Participant observation, Portable sterilizer, Psychiatric hospital, Psychiatric patients, Research experiment, Research study, Researcher, Sarkodie, Sociaal onderzoek, Social scientists, Sociology student, Unobtrusive participant observation, Water closet.
Abstract
The authors report on a research experiment involving the admission of one of them as a pseudo-patient in a rural Ghanaian hospital. The experiment was meant to assess the feasibility of carrying out unobtrusive participant observation in a hospital setting. Practical, methodological and ethical implications are discussed.
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