'Just so you know, the patient is staff': healthcare professionals' perceptions of caring for healthcare professional-patients

BMJ Open
Mia SvantessonA Anderzén-Carlsson

Abstract

To explore healthcare professionals' conceptions of the care of patients who are also healthcare professionals. Explorative, with a qualitative, phenomenographic approach. 16 healthcare personnel within different professions (doctors, nurses, assistant nurses, physiotherapists, occupational therapists) were interviewed about the care of 32 patients who were themselves members of different healthcare professions, in one healthcare organisation in Sweden. The care of patients who are healthcare professionals was conceived in five different ways, as: usual, dutiful, prioritised and secure, insecure and responsive. An initial conception was that their care was usual, just as for any other patient, and also a perceived duty to treat them and to protect their right to be a patient--as any other patient. Exploring further, informants described that these patients did receive secure and prioritised care, as the informants experienced making a greater commitment, especially doctors giving privileges to doctor-patients. A conception of insecure care infused the informants' descriptions. This comprised of them feeling intimidated in their professional role, feeling affected by colleagues' stressful behaviour and ambiguity whether the heal...Continue Reading

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