Outputs (19)

Biographical dialectics: The ongoing and creative problem solving required to negotiate the biographical disruption of chronic illness (2023)
Journal Article

Here we propose the term ‘biographical dialectics’ as a sister term to ‘biographical disruption’ to capture the ongoing problem solving that characterises the lives of many people living with life limiting chronic illnesses. The paper is based on the... Read More about Biographical dialectics: The ongoing and creative problem solving required to negotiate the biographical disruption of chronic illness.

Editorial: Public value for all? Considering the parameters of public value co-creation (2023)
Journal Article

The aim behind this Public Money & Management theme is to explore the parameters of public value co-creation in order to open up a broader discussion of dis/value, public value destruction and co-destruction as a developing theme in the literature. P... Read More about Editorial: Public value for all? Considering the parameters of public value co-creation.

A typology of dis/value in public service delivery (2022)
Journal Article

Dis/value or public value destruction is now increasingly recognized as part of the public value process. Despite this, confusion about the concept remains. This article assesses the use of public value destruction, and synonymous terms, in the publi... Read More about A typology of dis/value in public service delivery.

Talking about learning disability: Discursive acts in managing an ideological dilemma (2022)
Journal Article

Learning disability is a term that can mean different things to different people. It is also a term that has undergone much revision and critique, being linked to stigma and prejudice. Consequently, talking about learning disability can be a delicate... Read More about Talking about learning disability: Discursive acts in managing an ideological dilemma.

Mapping the role of patient and public involvement during the different stages of healthcare innovation: A scoping review (2022)
Journal Article

Background: Patient and public involvement (PPI) has become increasingly important in the development, delivery and improvement of healthcare. PPI is used in healthcare innovation; yet, how it is used has been under-reported. The aim of this scoping... Read More about Mapping the role of patient and public involvement during the different stages of healthcare innovation: A scoping review.

Becoming frail: A more than human exploration (2021)
Journal Article

‘Frailty’ is increasingly used as a clinical term to refer and respond to a particular bodily presentation, with numerous scores and measures to support its clinical determination. While these tools are typically quantitative in nature and based prim... Read More about Becoming frail: A more than human exploration.

Talking about frailty: The relationship between precarity and the fourth age in older peoples' constructions of frailty (2021)
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The clinical identification of frailty is increasingly thought to be important in countries with ageing populations. Understanding how older people labelled as frail make sense of this categorisation is therefore important. A number of recent studies... Read More about Talking about frailty: The relationship between precarity and the fourth age in older peoples' constructions of frailty.

Using Situated Interviews to Engage Frail Older People in the Co-production of Improved Emergency Healthcare (2021)
Journal Article

Including frail older people in the development and improvement of healthcare is a topical issue and co-production represents a common approach. How to practice co-production effectively, however, remains challenging, particularly when including vuln... Read More about Using Situated Interviews to Engage Frail Older People in the Co-production of Improved Emergency Healthcare.

Talking about frailty: health professional perspectives and an ideological dilemma (2020)
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Frailty is increasingly used in clinical settings to describe a physiological state resulting from a combination of age-related co-morbidities. Frailty also has a strong 'lay' meaning that conjures a particular way of being. Recent studies have repor... Read More about Talking about frailty: health professional perspectives and an ideological dilemma.

The use of visual images to convey complex messages in health settings: Stakeholder perspectives (2020)
Journal Article

Visual tools are increasingly used in healthcare settings to improve the quality of care provided. While there are a number of tools and frameworks that focus on how to create effective visual tools, there has been little evaluation of their perceive... Read More about The use of visual images to convey complex messages in health settings: Stakeholder perspectives.