Citation

Huet M, Dany L, Apostolidis T. J. Health Psychol. 2018; 23(8): 1050-1062.

Affiliation

Aix-Marseille Université, LPS EA 849, 13621, Aix-en-Provence, France.

Copyright

(Copyright © 2018, SAGE Publishing)

DOI

10.1177/1359105316642834

PMID

27091762

Abstract

The aim of our research is to highlight the role of social representations of the traumatic brain-injured person in the adjustments made by caregivers in building and maintaining quality of care. Twenty-three semi-structured interviews were conducted with nursing assistants and medico-psychological assistants, working in a long-term care facility. The interviews were the subject of a thematic content analysis. The analysis shows the role of representations of the traumatic brain-injured person in the way caregivers explain behaviours and situations and in the orientation of their professional practices. In explaining the inexplicable, caregivers establish a more human relationship through individualized care.

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Language: en