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The fake patient: A research experiment in a Ghanaian hospital

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  • van der Geest, Sjaak
  • Sarkodie, Samuel

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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.

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  • van der Geest, Sjaak & Sarkodie, Samuel, 1998. "The fake patient: A research experiment in a Ghanaian hospital," Social Science & Medicine, Elsevier, vol. 47(9), pages 1373-1381, November.
    • Handle: RePEc:eee:socmed:v:47:y:1998:i:9:p:1373-1381
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    2. Massimiliano Pastore & Luigi Lombardi, 2014. "The impact of faking on Cronbach’s alpha for dichotomous and ordered rating scores," Quality & Quantity: International Journal of Methodology, Springer, vol. 48(3), pages 1191-1211, May.
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    4. Jonathan M. Dapaah, 2016. "Attitudes and Behaviours of Health Workers and the Use of HIV/AIDS Health Care Services," Nursing Research and Practice, Hindawi, vol. 2016, pages 1-9, December.

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