Making sure: A comparative micro-analysis of diagnostic instruments in medical practice

Social Science and Medicine

Volumn 73, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 851-857

  Schubert, Cornelius ^a  

^a TECHNISCHE UNIVERSITÄT BERLIN   (Germany)

Author keywords

Australia; Diagnosis; Germany; Phenomenology; Pragmatism; Technology

Indexed keywords

COMPARATIVE STUDY; DISEASE TREATMENT; HEALTH CARE; MEDICAL GEOGRAPHY; PERCEPTION;

ANESTHESIOLOGICAL TECHNIQUES; ARTICLE; ETHNOGRAPHIC RESEARCH; HUMAN; ILLNESS TRAJECTORY; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MEDICAL INSTRUMENTATION; MEDICAL PRACTICE; MEDICAL TECHNOLOGY; MICROANALYSIS; PHENOMENOLOGY; PHYSICIAN ATTITUDE; PROFESSIONAL KNOWLEDGE; STETHOSCOPE; TREATMENT PLANNING;

ANESTHESIA; ANTHROPOLOGY, CULTURAL; DIAGNOSIS; DIAGNOSTIC EQUIPMENT; HUMANS; PHYSICIAN'S PRACTICE PATTERNS; RESPIRATION, ARTIFICIAL; STETHOSCOPES;

AUSTRALIA; GERMANY;

EID: 80052268942     PISSN: 02779536     EISSN: 18735347     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.socscimed.2011.05.032     Document Type: Article

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