Biomedical subjects

K Soothill

Publications and source records attributed to K Soothill.

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PubMed1992

Words and actions: a study in nurse wastage.

This paper examines whether a group of nurses' stated intentions to leave were subsequently transformed into actual leaving actions. We argue that establishing the truth of relationships between words and actions is of fundamental importance in social science research. Nurses broadly did what they said they would do. Hence, definite intentions to leave were generally acted upon while less strong leaving intentions were not acted upon to any practically significant degree. We further investigate the link between the nurses' words and actions by reporting on a small interview study where nurses were asked why they did or did not do as they stated. The importance of these findings in terms of health authorities planning their labour force is discussed.

Attitude of Health Personnel↗

PubMed1991

Nursing: just a job? Do statistics tell us what we think?

This study considers the value of classifying attitudinal statements given by nurses in a questionnaire by the statistical procedure of latent class analysis. It demonstrates with the use of qualitative data derived from in-depth interviews how precarious are the groups derived from statistical analysis. However, it is argued that the apparent discrepancies between responses 'objectively' derived by a statistical approach and those 'subjectively' declared by respondents may focus on different levels of meaning and may well provide a useful resource. Most importantly, it is stressed that a dynamic model is needed which recognizes change and the consequences of change.

Attitude of Health Personnel↗

PubMed1990

Compulsory admissions to mental hospitals: a replication study.

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PubMed1990

Compulsory hospital admissions: dangerous decisions?

The criterion of dangerousness as a justification for compulsory hospital admission remains pervasive in current British legislation. This study focuses on the actual use of the dangerousness criterion since the 1983 Mental Health Act. A consecutive series of 53 compulsory admissions to the Academic Unit, All Saints Hospital, Birmingham, England was studied. The investigation suggests that, despite the great debates on the dangerousness issue recently, there has been little, if any, shift in the way that psychiatrists use the concept of dangerousness in assessing persons for compulsory admissions. The results echo the earlier work of Bean (1980). Dangerousness is not the primary issue of concern in terms of compulsory admission. The present study suggests however that psychiatrists are not making dangerousness assessments in a stereotypical manner.

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