Description |
1 online resource (xv, 264 pages) : illustrations |
Contents |
Diagnostic Work in Calls to a Technical Support Helpline / A. Firth -- Part III: Interventions -- Digital Material: Diagnostic Work in Software Development and Appropriation / M. Bscher -- Diagnosing and Acting upon Dementia: Marte Meo / I. Moser -- Tending the Interface: Producing Selves through Videoelectroencephalography / A. Choby -- Diagnosis at Work in Collaborative Actions / J. Mesman -- Conclusion / M. Bscher, D, Goodwin, J. Mesman |
Summary |
Ethnographies of Diagnostic Work explores social and material practices of diagnosis in diverse contexts, from healthcare to railway maintenance, contributing novel conceptual and methodological resources to the search for more desirable futures in our 'diagnostic times'. With increasingly pervasive (technologically augmented) diagnostic powers doctors, the police, mechanics, but also public service workers and many others, are able to detect troubles early, along the way introducing burdens of accounting to facilitate bureaucratic diagnosis of performance, difficulties in managing the status and implications of diagnostic knowledge, and in negotiating responsibilities for action. With rich descriptions of real world practices and creative analytical perspectives brought by researchers who are often actively engaged in innovation, this book gives definition to an emergent 'new view of diagnosis' that is relevant to a range of different fields, from medicine to human factors to design and policy, highlighting transformative dimensions of practice and exploring the potential of engaged research to inform innovation |
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"This book explores ethnographic studies of diagnostic work in diverse settings. Switching attention from product (diagnosis) to process (diagnosing), it reveals the importance of collaborative, socio-material, technologically augmented practices, exploring the potential of the multi-disciplinary studies presented to inform innovation"--Provided by publisher |
Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
Notes |
Print version record |
Subject |
Diagnosis -- Cross-cultural studies
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Decision making -- Cross-cultural studies
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Diagnosis.
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Cross-cultural studies.
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Decision making.
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Diagnosis
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Cross-Cultural Comparison
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Decision Making
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diagnosis.
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decision making.
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MEDICAL -- Diagnosis.
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MEDICAL -- Laboratory Medicine.
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MEDICAL -- Nursing -- Assessment & Diagnosis.
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Cross-cultural studies
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Decision making
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Diagnosis
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diagnostic -- études diverses.
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diagnostic (médecine) -- études diverses.
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Genre/Form |
Cross-cultural studies
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Form |
Electronic book
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Author |
Büscher, Monika, 1964-
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Goodwin, Dawn
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Mesman, Jessica, 1962-
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ISBN |
9780230296930 |
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0230296939 |
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9781349308477 |
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1349308471 |
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