Challenges in preserving the "good doctor" norm: physicians' discourses on changes to the medical logic during the initial wave of the COVID-19 pandemic.

ABSTRACT:

Introduction

The COVID-19 pandemic was a tremendous challenge to the practice of modern medicine. In this study, we use neo-institutional theory to gain an in-depth understanding of how physicians in Sweden narrate how they position themselves as physicians when practicing modern medicine during the first wave of the pandemic. At focus is medical logic, which integrates rules and routines based on medical evidence, practical experience, and patient perspectives in clinical decision-making.

Methods

To understand how physicians construct their versions of the pandemic and how it impacted the medical logic in which they practice, we analyzed the interviews from 28 physicians in Sweden by discursive psychology.

Results

The interpretative repertoires showed how COVID-19 cr

SUBMITTER: Hargestam M 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10285475 | biostudies-literature | 2023

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature