Practices of reading and writing: The constitutive role of the patient record in medical work

Sociology of Health and Illness

Volumn 18, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 499-524

  Berg, Marc ^a  

^a MAASTRICHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Artefact; Medical work; Patient record; Representation

Indexed keywords

EID: 0030524714     PISSN: 01419889     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/1467-9566.ep10939100     Document Type: Article

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