Background Paramedics make important and increasingly complex decisions at scene
about patient care. Patient safety implications of influences on decision making in the pre …

Working life in public sector professions is undergoing significant change and becoming
increasingly demanding. This article explores work intensity in NHS ambulance services in …

An expert guide to contemporary research in the field of emergency services management,
this short-form book will help academics, scholars, and practitioners to appreciate the …

This paper explores the professionalization project of paramedics, based on an
ethnographic study of UK N ational H ealth S ervice (NHS) ambulance personnel. Drawing …

Purpose This paper aims to improve our understanding of performance measurement
systems in the health and care sector, by focussing on employee reactions to core …

Ambulance services and paramedics perform critical roles in contemporary healthcare
economies. Trained to work in the field and respond rapidly to emergencies, societies have …

Many organizational contexts have experienced radical changes resulting in work
intensification. Whilst emergency services face evident 'macro-extreme'challenges …

The sociology of professions has so far had limited connections to emergency services
occupations. Research on emergency occupations tends to focus on workplace culture and …

This paper argues that despite Indonesia's implementation of public sector reforms, the
impact of these reforms has yet to achieve the goal of improving governance and preventing …

Based on a three‐year ethnographic study of four UK National Health Service (NHS)
organizations, we explore the everyday cultural experience of managing clinical and …