Communication and diagnostic work in medical emergency calls in Italy

Computer Supported Cooperative Work

Volumn 18, Issue 2-3, 2009, Pages 229-250

  Paoletti, Isabella ^a  

^a NGO   (Italy)

Author keywords

Control rooms; Diagnostic work; Emergency calls; Emergency service; Ethnography; Ethnomethodology

Indexed keywords

CONTROL ROOMS; DIAGNOSTIC WORK; EMERGENCY CALLS; EMERGENCY SERVICE; ETHNOGRAPHY; ETHNOMETHODOLOGY;

ACCIDENTS; DECISION MAKING;

COMMUNICATION;

EID: 64049117328     PISSN: 09259724     EISSN: 15737551     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10606-009-9091-1     Document Type: Article

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