The Ordering of Medical Things: Medical Practices and Complexity

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The Ordering of Medical Things: Medical Practices and Complexity

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Victoria University of Wellington

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Description

This project is an investigation into medicine in action. The aim is to understand how medical interactions generate order via the diagnosis of disease; how the patient, the body, and illness are made intelligible, and how particular courses of action are decided upon as a result. Using video and audio data supplied by the Applied Research on Communication in Health (ARCH) research team, this project follows Simon, a middle aged, Caucasian male with chest pain, as he participates in consultat...

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Research paper

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Scholarly text / Thesis

Thesis level

Masters

Date created

2009

Creator

Gardner, John

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https://figshare.com/articles/thesis/The_Ordering_of_Medical_Things_Medical_Practices_and_Complex...

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Other human society not elsewhere classified / Social networks / Medical collaboration / Organisation / Organization / School: School of Social and Cultural Studies / Studies in Human Society not elsewhere classified / Marsden: 370106 Sociological Methodology and Research Methods / Marsden: 370101 Social Theory / Marsden: 370603 History and Philosophy of Medicine / Degree Discipline: Sociology / Degree Level: Masters / Degree Name: Master of Arts

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