Fluids or flows? Information and qualculation in medical practice

Information Technology and People

Volumn 19, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 55-73

  Moser, Ingunn ^a   Law, John ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OSLO   (Norway)

^b LANCASTER UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Complexity theory; Decision making; Information research; Information theory; Medical practice

Indexed keywords

EID: 33645027853     PISSN: 09593845     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/09593840610649961     Document Type: Article

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