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Patient protocols: commissioning, design and use.

J Dukes1

  • 1Templeton College, Oxford, United Kingdom.

World Hospitals
|January 1, 1993
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Protocols in healthcare can disrupt informal social dynamics and reveal hidden social and moral issues. Their design significantly impacts implementation, posing challenges for uniform treatment in medical practice.

Area of Science:

  • Medical sociology
  • Healthcare management
  • Organizational behavior

Background:

  • Existing definitions of 'protocol' and related terms are examined.
  • The article discusses the practical application and function of protocols.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To analyze the influence of protocol design on implementation.
  • To explore the impact of protocols on informal social arrangements in medicine.
  • To investigate how explicit protocols can surface concealed social and moral problems.

Main Methods:

  • Conceptual analysis of protocol definitions and functions.
  • Discussion of implementation challenges and social dynamics in healthcare settings.

Main Results:

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  • Protocol design methods significantly affect their implementation.
  • Protocols can disturb informal social arrangements within medical practice.
  • Making medical procedures explicit through protocols can expose previously hidden social and moral issues.

    • Conclusions:

    • The implementation of protocols is complex and influenced by their design.
    • Protocols may disturb established social norms and practices in healthcare.
    • Explicit protocols can lead to the emergence of social and moral challenges.