User customisation of medical devices: the reality and the possibilities

Cognition, Technology and Work

Volumn 5, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 163-170

  Randell, Rebecca ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GLASGOW   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Adaptive systems; Customisation; Ethnography; Medical technologies; Protocols

Indexed keywords

INTENSIVE CARE UNITS; SAFETY ENGINEERING;

CUSTOMISATION; ETHNOMETHODOLOGY; MEDICAL DEVICES; MEDICAL DOMAINS; NURSING STAFF; OBSERVATIONAL STUDY; OFFICE ENVIRONMENTS; SAFETY-CRITICAL DOMAIN;

HUMAN COMPUTER INTERACTION;

EID: 1542300529     PISSN: 14355558     EISSN: 14355566     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10111-003-0124-0     Document Type: Article

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