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Hierarchy and emotion in doctors' narratives of power relations in specialist training

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ID4594933
AuthorsSophie Crowe (Royal College of Surgeons in Ireland, corresponding author), Nicholas Clarke (0000-0002-2048-9785), Ruairi Brugha (0000-0001-8666-5449, Royal College of Surgeons in Ireland), Ruairı́brugha (0000-0003-0729-0197, Royal College of Surgeons in Ireland)
Year2017
Volume186
Pages70-77
Publication date2017-08-01
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessYes
TypeARTICLE
VenueSocial Science & Medicine (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 0277-9536 • E-ISSN: 1873-5347
PublisherElsevier BV (PUBLISHER)
DOI10.1016/j.socscimed.2017.05.048
PMID28587868
OpenAlexW2618394989
LanguageEN
Citations received22
References cited22

Studies of medical education often focus on experiences and socialisation processes among undergraduate students, with fewer examining emotionality among postgraduate trainees. This article explores the relationship between power and emotion, questioning how affective relations between senior and junior doctors are patterned on the hierarchical structure of medicine. The study employs qualitative methods of in-depth, face-to-face and telephone interviews with fifty doctors at initial and advanced stages of specialist postgraduate training in teaching hospitals across Ireland, conducted between May and July, 2015. The study found that respect for hierarchy, anger and fear, intimidation, and disillusion were key themes in participants' narratives of relationships with senior staff who oversaw their postgraduate training. The implications of these emotional subjectivities for quality of training, patient care and willingness of junior doctors to pursue careers in Ireland, are discussed and recommendations and areas for further research proposed

Anger · Emotionality · Hierarchy · Intimidation · Medical education · Narrative · Political science · Power (physics · Diversity and Career in Medicine · Empathy and Medical Education · Innovations in Medical Education · Medicine · Nursing · Psychology · Social Psychology

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Citations per year2,75
Citation span2018 - 2026 (9)
Citation velocitycurrent
Highly citedNo
Citation typesNeutral: 22

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