Underground adaptations: Case studies from health care

Cognition, Technology and Work

Volumn 14, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 253-260

  Perry, Shawna J ^a   Wears, Robert L ^b,c  

^a VIRGINIA COMMONWEALTH UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA HEALTH SCIENCE CENTER   (United States)

^c IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Adaptability; Cognitive artefacts

Indexed keywords

ADAPTABILITY; CLINICAL WORK; COGNITIVE ARTEFACTS; COGNITIVE ENGINEERING; HOSPITAL EMERGENCY DEPARTMENTS; JOINT COGNITIVE SYSTEMS; TEMPORAL SCALE;

COGNITIVE SYSTEMS; EMERGENCY ROOMS;

HEALTH CARE;

EID: 84865409128     PISSN: 14355558     EISSN: 14355566     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10111-011-0207-2     Document Type: Article

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