Cooperation and contention in psychiatric work
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 2394826 |
|---|---|
| Authors | D Messinger (0000-0001-8748-2521, University of Maryland, Baltimore County, corresponding author), Seth D Messinger (University of Maryland, Baltimore County) |
| Year | 2011 |
| Volume | 48 |
| Issue | 3 |
| Pages | 284-298 |
| Publication date | 2011-07-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Transcultural Psychiatry (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 1363-4615 • E-ISSN: 1461-7471 |
| Publisher | SAGE Publications Inc (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.1177/1363461511402867 |
| PMID | 21742953 |
| OpenAlex | W2052297820 |
| Language | EN |
| References cited | 14 |
This article discusses the social organization of psychiatric work in the psychiatric emergency department of a public general hospital located in New York City, based on ethnographic research conducted from 1999 to 2001. Case studies of the care of two patients with ambiguous symptoms are discussed. The analysis applies the ''differences approach'' developed by Mol and colleagues which focuses on the way different professions provide divergent explanations and ontologies for symptoms and illness. The cases illustrate the ways in which social structural constraints are compelling psychiatry to become a multidisciplinary specialty
Ethnography · Multidisciplinary approach · Multidisciplinary team · Political science · Psychiatry · Social science · Sociology · Specialty · Medicine · Mental Health and Psychiatry · Nursing · Psychiatric care and mental health services · Psychology · Schizophrenia research and treatment · Social Work
| Citation velocity | historical |
|---|---|
| Highly cited | No |