Exploring power relations embedded in medication communication processes on general medical wards

摘要: Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to examine power relations embedded in verbal and non-verbal medication communication processes that involve nurses, doctors, pharmacists patients two general medical wards an acute care hospital. Design/methodology/approach This reports on the findings ethnographic study investigating hospital spatial environments. It was theoretically informed by work Norman Fairclough. Data collection methods comprising video-recordings video reflexive focus groups were employed. Fairclough's critical discourse analytic framework guided data analysis. Findings Four different forms between clinician-patient, nurse-doctor, clinician-organisation multidisciplinary interactions uncovered. Nurses asserted their professional autonomy when communicating with doctors about medications offering specific advice prescribing challenging decisions. Video reflexivi...