Experts and 'knowledge that counts': A study into the world of brain cancer diagnosis

Social Science and Medicine

Volumn 69, Issue 12, 2009, Pages 1819-1826

  Gross, Sky ^a  

^a HEBREW UNIVERSITY OF JERUSALEM   (Israel)

Author keywords

Authoritativeness; Brain cancer clinic; Diagnosis; Epistemology; Expertise; Fieldwork; Hospital; Israel

Indexed keywords

BRAIN; CANCER; DETECTION METHOD; EXPERT SYSTEM; FIELDWORK; HOSPITAL SECTOR; MEDICINE; TUMOR;

ARTICLE; BRAIN CANCER; CANCER DIAGNOSIS; EPISTEMOLOGY; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; MEDICAL SPECIALIST; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; RADIODIAGNOSIS; RELIABILITY; TUMOR BIOPSY; TUMOR GROWTH; VALIDITY;

BRAIN NEOPLASMS; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; COOPERATIVE BEHAVIOR; HUMANS; INTERPROFESSIONAL RELATIONS; INTERVIEWS AS TOPIC; ISRAEL; KNOWLEDGE; OBSERVATION; OUTPATIENT CLINICS, HOSPITAL; PROFESSIONAL ROLE; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SOCIOLOGY, MEDICAL;

ASIA; EURASIA; ISRAEL; MIDDLE EAST;

EID: 71749084042     PISSN: 02779536     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.socscimed.2009.09.017     Document Type: Article

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