Embracing technology: An exploration of the effects of writing nursing

Nursing Inquiry

Volumn 6, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 147-156

  Purkis, Mary Ellen ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VICTORIA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Accountability; Documentation systems; Latour; Nursing visibility; Socio technical processes

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR; BIOMEDICAL TECHNOLOGY ASSESSMENT; CANADA; DOCUMENTATION; HUMAN; INFORMATION SYSTEM; LINGUISTICS; MASS COMMUNICATION; MEDICAL RECORD; NATIONAL HEALTH SERVICE; NURSING EVALUATION RESEARCH; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PROFESSIONAL PRACTICE; SOCIAL CHANGE;

CANADA; DIFFUSION OF INNOVATION; DOCUMENTATION; HUMANS; INFORMATION SYSTEMS; MEDICAL RECORDS SYSTEMS, COMPUTERIZED; NURSING EVALUATION RESEARCH; NURSING RECORDS; POWER (PSYCHOLOGY); PROFESSIONAL AUTONOMY; SOCIAL CHANGE; STATE MEDICINE; TECHNOLOGY ASSESSMENT, BIOMEDICAL; VOCABULARY, CONTROLLED;

EID: 0033186865     PISSN: 13207881     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1440-1800.1999.00028.x     Document Type: Article

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