Patchwork diagnoses: The production of coherence, uncertainty, and manageable bodies

Social Science and Medicine

Volumn 73, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 843-850

  Gardner, John ^a   Dew, Kevin ^b   Stubbe, Maria ^c   Dowell, Tony ^c   Macdonald, Lindsay ^c  

^a KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b VICTORIA UNIVERSITY OF WELLINGTON   (New Zealand)

^c UNIVERSITY OF OTAGO   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Biopolitics; Body; Cardiology; Diagnosis; Material semiotics; Multiplicity; New Zealand; Pain; Power; Risk

Indexed keywords

CARDIOLOGY; HEALTH RISK; MEDICINE;

ARTICLE; AWARENESS; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; CLINICAL PRACTICE; CONSULTATION; DIAGNOSTIC PROCEDURE; DISEASE PREDISPOSITION; ELECTROCARDIOGRAM; EXERCISE TEST; GENERAL PRACTICE; HUMAN; NEW ZEALAND; PAIN ASSESSMENT; RISK ASSESSMENT; SELF CONCEPT; SELF MONITORING; THORAX PAIN;

CARDIOLOGY; CHEST PAIN; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; EXERCISE TEST; GENERAL PRACTITIONERS; HUMANS; NONVERBAL COMMUNICATION; PHYSICIAN'S PRACTICE PATTERNS; SOCIOLOGY, MEDICAL;

NEW ZEALAND; NORTH ISLAND; WELLINGTON [NORTH ISLAND];

EID: 80052191301     PISSN: 02779536     EISSN: 18735347     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.socscimed.2010.12.010     Document Type: Article

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