On quality and communication: The relevance of critical Theory to Health Informatics

Journal of the Association for Information Systems

Volumn 12, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 255-273

  Shaw, Mark Christopher ^a   Stahl, Bernd Carsten ^a  

^a DE MONTFORT UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Critical theory; Emancipation; Habermas; Health informatics; Health information systems; Quality assurance

Indexed keywords

ECONOMICS; HEALTH CARE; HUMAN RESOURCE MANAGEMENT; INFORMATION SYSTEMS; INFORMATION USE; MEDICAL COMPUTING; QUALITY ASSURANCE;

CRITICAL THEORY; EMANCIPATION; HABERMAS; HEALTH INFORMATICS; HEALTH INFORMATION SYSTEMS;

INFORMATION MANAGEMENT;

EID: 79957828850     PISSN: 15583457     EISSN: 15369323     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.17705/1jais.00261     Document Type: Article

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