title: A Wicked Problem? Whistleblowing in Healthcare Organisations Comment on "Cultures of Silence And Cultures of Voice: The Role Of Whistleblowing in Healthcare Organisations".
abstract: Mannion and Davies' article recognises whistleblowing as an important means of identifying quality and safety issues in healthcare organisations. While 'voice' is a useful lens through which to examine whistleblowing, it also obscures a shifting pattern of uncertain 'truths.' By contextualising cultures which support or impede whislteblowing at an organisational level, two issues are overlooked; the power of wider institutional interests to silence those who might raise the alarm and changing ideas about what constitutes adequate care. A broader contextualisation of whistleblowing might illuminate further facets of this multi-dimensional problem.
authors.affiliation: Manchester Business School, University of Manchester, Manchester, UK.
authors.forename: Paula
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Hyde
mesh_terms: D003695:Delivery of Health Care; D006268:Health Facilities; D061889:Healthcare Financing; D006801:Humans; D015279:Organizational Culture; D011787:Quality of Health Care; D013222:State Medicine; D014342:Truth Disclosure; D035501:Uncertainty; D035642:Whistleblowing
keywords: Healthcare Organisations; Safer Care; Truth to Power; Whistleblowing