Case studies Flashcards
What does the NHS going from church to garage mean
Gorksy 2021 - Initially seen as a ‘church’ - a cornerstone of British society with moral and communal significance - the NHS has gradually been perceived more pragmatically as a ‘garage’, focusing on efficiency and management rather than its foundational values.
What Campbell argue for in 2020
looking at role of social capital and social movements in promoting global public health - saying about needing to address power inequalities that drive poor health outcomes - using TAC - as a prototype for effective health activism
shift from neutral definition to power focused perspectives
What do social capital ideals do - Campbell 2020
Critiques of the radical agenda
“More ambitious pro- grammes do go beyond promoting awareness and health service access, increasing awareness of social roots of ill-health through critical thinking using e.g. ‘community conversations”
Social capital researchers to pay more attention to structural barriers to health-related agency and develop strategies for marginalized populations to engage in social change activism.
Love for NHS
Give an example of a social survey
jenny crane 2012 - found love for NHS varied by age bracket
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that personal experiences of NHS completely shaped by views of history and participant’s politics
the carry on film
Which article talks about NHS visual representations
Thomson 2022
For instance, the portrayal of the NHS in the “Carry On” films and “Emergency – Ward 10” illustrates the everyday realities and social dynamics within healthcare settings, highlighting regional and cultural variations in healthcare experiences.
How does sensory research change our understanding of attitudes towards healthcare over time?
Thomson’s article (2022) implies that cultural representations often incorporate sensory details that shape the public’s emotional and psychological responses to the NHS. For example, the depiction of hospital settings in popular media uses visual and auditory cues to evoke feelings of trust, fear, comfort, or dissatisfaction, thus influencing how healthcare is perceived over time
Saskia’s dad
Do we live in an increasingly visual or sensory age, and has this changed healthcare?
Thomson’s discussion (2022) on the representation of the NHS in popular culture highlights how visual and sensory elements are used to shape public perceptions and foster emotional connections with healthcare institutions. The use of powerful visual symbols, such as the NHS logo and hospital settings in media, has reinforced the cultural and emotional significance of the NHS. This sensory emphasis in media representation helps build a strong public identity and support for the NHS, demonstrating how visual and sensory modes of communication are integral to contemporary healthcare narratives
Who wrote the article about the two different cancer and therapeutic landscapes
Bates 2019
List some key findings from Bates 2019 - on therapeutic landscapes in hospitals
- sensory experiences - varies depending on patient’s condition and outlook
- Human-Technology interactions -diagnostic tech like MRI = significant sensory spaces within hospitals - like Diamond’s varying relationship with the machines based on her stage
- Role of waiting - related to individuals feelings about illness and recovery
- Recovery and thresholds within hospitals like windows symbolise hope and recovery
How much more vulnerable were ethnic minorities to covid
After accounting for age and geography, Bangladeshi hospital fatalities are twice those of the white British group, Pakistani deaths are 2.9 times as high and black African deaths 3.7 times as high. Indian, black Caribbean and ‘other white’ ethnic groups also have excess fatalities. Islam and Netto 2020
