Knowledge work and practices of seeing: Epistemologies of the eye, gaze, and professional vision

Culture and Organization

Volumn 16, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 361-376

  Styhre, Alexander ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GOTHENBURG   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Epistemology; Knowledge management; Magnetic resonance imaging; Professional vision

Indexed keywords

EID: 78449283973     PISSN: 14759551     EISSN: 14772760     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/14759551.2010.519931     Document Type: Article

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