Actor-network theory and its role in understanding the implementation of information technology developments in healthcare

BMC Medical Informatics and Decision Making

Volumn 10, Issue 1, 2010, Pages

  Cresswell, Kathrin M ^a   Worth, Allison ^a   Sheikh, Aziz ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; DECISION THEORY; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH SERVICES RESEARCH; HUMAN; INFORMATION SYSTEM; MASS COMMUNICATION; MEDICAL INFORMATICS; PSYCHOLOGICAL MODEL; SOCIAL CHANGE;

DECISION THEORY; DELIVERY OF HEALTH CARE; DIFFUSION OF INNOVATION; HEALTH SERVICES RESEARCH; HUMANS; INFORMATION SYSTEMS; MEDICAL INFORMATICS APPLICATIONS; MODELS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; SOCIAL CHANGE;

EID: 77958553317     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14726947     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1472-6947-10-67     Document Type: Article

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