Negotiating bodily sensations between patients and GPs in the context of standardized cancer patient pathways : an observational study in primary care
BACKGROUND: How interactions during patient-provider encounters in Swedish primary care construct access to further care is rarely explored. This is especially relevant nowadays since Standardized Cancer Patient Pathways have been implemented as an organizational tool for standardizing the diagnosti...
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ftumeauniv:oai:DiVA.org:umu-167739 2023-10-09T21:54:36+02:00 Negotiating bodily sensations between patients and GPs in the context of standardized cancer patient pathways : an observational study in primary care Hultstrand Ahlin, Cecilia Coe, Anna-Britt Lilja, Mikael Hajdarevic, Senada 2020 application/pdf http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:umu:diva-167739 https://doi.org/10.1186/s12913-020-4893-4 eng eng Umeå universitet, Institutionen för omvårdnad Umeå universitet, Allmänmedicin Umeå universitet, Sociologiska institutionen Unit of Research, Education, and Development, Östersund Hospital BMC Health Services Research, 2020, 20:1, orcid:0000-0003-4212-8080 orcid:0000-0003-1975-9060 orcid:0000-0002-5203-9877 http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:umu:diva-167739 doi:10.1186/s12913-020-4893-4 PMID 31952534 ISI:000519894800001 Scopus 2-s2.0-85078011815 info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccess Access Cancer Interaction Negotiation Primary healthcare Standardized care pathways Nursing Omvårdnad Article in journal info:eu-repo/semantics/article text 2020 ftumeauniv https://doi.org/10.1186/s12913-020-4893-4 2023-09-22T13:58:32Z BACKGROUND: How interactions during patient-provider encounters in Swedish primary care construct access to further care is rarely explored. This is especially relevant nowadays since Standardized Cancer Patient Pathways have been implemented as an organizational tool for standardizing the diagnostic process and increase equity in access. Most patients with symptoms indicating serious illness as cancer initially start their diagnostic trajectory in primary care. Furthermore, cancer symptoms are diverse and puts high demands on general practitioners (GPs). Hence, we aim to explore how presentation of bodily sensations were constructed and legitimized in primary care encounters within the context of Standardized Cancer Patient Pathways (CPPs). METHODS: Participant observations of patient-provider encounters (n = 18, on 18 unique patients and 13 GPs) were carried out at primary healthcare centres in one county in northern Sweden. Participants were consecutively sampled and inclusion criteria were i) patients (≥18 years) seeking care for sensations/symptoms that could indicate cancer, or had worries about cancer, Swedish speaking and with no cognitive disabilities, and ii) GPs who met with these patients during the encounter. A constructivist approach of grounded theory method guided the data collection and was used as a method for analysis, and the COREQ-checklist for qualitative studies (Equator guidelines) were employed. RESULTS: One conceptual model emerged from the analysis, consisting of one core category Negotiating bodily sensations to legitimize access, and four categories i) Justifying care-seeking, ii) Transmitting credibility, iii) Seeking and giving recognition, and iv) Balancing expectations with needs. We interpret the four categories as social processes that the patient and GP constructed interactively using different strategies to negotiate. Combined, these four processes illuminate how access was legitimized by negotiating bodily sensations. CONCLUSIONS: Patients and GPs seem to be mutually ... Article in Journal/Newspaper Northern Sweden Umeå University: Publications (DiVA) BMC Health Services Research 20 1 |
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BACKGROUND: How interactions during patient-provider encounters in Swedish primary care construct access to further care is rarely explored. This is especially relevant nowadays since Standardized Cancer Patient Pathways have been implemented as an organizational tool for standardizing the diagnostic process and increase equity in access. Most patients with symptoms indicating serious illness as cancer initially start their diagnostic trajectory in primary care. Furthermore, cancer symptoms are diverse and puts high demands on general practitioners (GPs). Hence, we aim to explore how presentation of bodily sensations were constructed and legitimized in primary care encounters within the context of Standardized Cancer Patient Pathways (CPPs). METHODS: Participant observations of patient-provider encounters (n = 18, on 18 unique patients and 13 GPs) were carried out at primary healthcare centres in one county in northern Sweden. Participants were consecutively sampled and inclusion criteria were i) patients (≥18 years) seeking care for sensations/symptoms that could indicate cancer, or had worries about cancer, Swedish speaking and with no cognitive disabilities, and ii) GPs who met with these patients during the encounter. A constructivist approach of grounded theory method guided the data collection and was used as a method for analysis, and the COREQ-checklist for qualitative studies (Equator guidelines) were employed. RESULTS: One conceptual model emerged from the analysis, consisting of one core category Negotiating bodily sensations to legitimize access, and four categories i) Justifying care-seeking, ii) Transmitting credibility, iii) Seeking and giving recognition, and iv) Balancing expectations with needs. We interpret the four categories as social processes that the patient and GP constructed interactively using different strategies to negotiate. Combined, these four processes illuminate how access was legitimized by negotiating bodily sensations. CONCLUSIONS: Patients and GPs seem to be mutually ... |
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Hultstrand Ahlin, Cecilia Coe, Anna-Britt Lilja, Mikael Hajdarevic, Senada |
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Hultstrand Ahlin, Cecilia Coe, Anna-Britt Lilja, Mikael Hajdarevic, Senada |
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Negotiating bodily sensations between patients and GPs in the context of standardized cancer patient pathways : an observational study in primary care |
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Negotiating bodily sensations between patients and GPs in the context of standardized cancer patient pathways : an observational study in primary care |
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Negotiating bodily sensations between patients and GPs in the context of standardized cancer patient pathways : an observational study in primary care |
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Negotiating bodily sensations between patients and GPs in the context of standardized cancer patient pathways : an observational study in primary care |
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Negotiating bodily sensations between patients and GPs in the context of standardized cancer patient pathways : an observational study in primary care |
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negotiating bodily sensations between patients and gps in the context of standardized cancer patient pathways : an observational study in primary care |
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