Images and image: Technology and the social politics of revealing disorder in a North American Hospital

Medical Anthropology Quarterly

Volumn 13, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 141-162

  Simon, Christian M ^a  

^a CASE WESTERN RESERVE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Behind the scenes; Imaging technologies; Micropolitics; Performance

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; DOCTOR PATIENT RELATION; HOSPITAL PERSONNEL; HUMAN; NONBIOLOGICAL MODEL; ORGANIZATION; PATIENT CARE; POLITICS; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; PUBLIC RELATIONS; RADIOSURGERY; SOCIAL DOMINANCE; UNITED STATES;

DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; HIERARCHY, SOCIAL; HUMANS; INTERPROFESSIONAL RELATIONS; MODELS, ORGANIZATIONAL; ORGANIZATIONAL CULTURE; PATIENT CARE TEAM; PERSONNEL, HOSPITAL; PHYSICIAN-PATIENT RELATIONS; POLITICS; POWER (PSYCHOLOGY); RADIOSURGERY; SOCIAL DOMINANCE; UNITED STATES;

EID: 0033142387     PISSN: 07455194     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1525/maq.1999.13.2.141     Document Type: Article

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