The fake patient: a research experiment in a Ghanaian hospital
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| Publication date | 1998 |
| Journal | Social Science & Medicine |
| Volume | Issue number | 47 | 9 |
| Pages (from-to) | 1373-1381 |
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| Abstract | The authors report on a research experiment involving the admission of one of them as a pseudo-patient in a rural Ghanaian hospital. The experiment was meant to assess the feasibility of carrying out unobtrusive participant observation in a hospital setting. Practical, methodological and ethical implications are discussed. |
| Document type | Article |
| Language | English |
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https://doi.org/10.1016/S0277-9536(98)00179-8
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