ISBN:
9780230223288
Language:
English
Pages:
Online-Ressource (281 p)
Parallel Title:
Print version Ethnographies of Diagnostic Work : Dimensions of Transformative Practice
DDC:
305.80072
Keywords:
Electronic books
Abstract:
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
Description / Table of Contents:
Cover; Contents; List of Figures; Preface; Notes on the Contributors; Transcription Conventions; 1 Ethnographies of Diagnostic Work: Introduction; Part I: Finding Fault with Fault-Finding; 2 Reading the Signs: Prison officers' Mindful Diagnosis of Potential Self-Harm and Suicide; 3 Making and Breaking Troubleshooting Logics: Diagnosis in Office Settings; 4 Making Matters Speak in Railway Maintenance; 5 Sensing the Way: Embodied Dimensions of Diagnostic Work; Part II: A Topography of Diagnostic Work; 6 Diagnostic Work in Collaborative Practices in Neonatal Care
Description / Table of Contents:
7 Diagnosis as Dialogue: Diagnostic Work in Calls to a Technical Support Helpline8 Heartfelt and Heartseen: Making a Diagnosis through Coronary Angiogram; 9 Managing the Diagnostic Space in Calls for Help; Part III: Towards a New Conceptualisation of Diagnostic Work; 10 Matereal Methods; 11 Diagnosing and Acting upon Dementia: Marte Meo; 12 Will-ful Cyborgs? Producing Selves via VET; 13 Suspicious Minds?; 14 Moving towards a New View of Diagnostic Work: Some Implications; Index;
Note:
Description based upon print version of record
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