Choose and Book: A sociological analysis of 'resistance' to an expert system

Social Science and Medicine

Volumn 104, Issue , 2014, Pages 210-219

  Greenhalgh, Trisha ^a   Stones, Rob ^b   Swinglehurst, Deborah ^a  

^a QUEEN MARY UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN SYDNEY   (Australia)

Author keywords

E Health; Electronic patent records; Expert systems; Referral; Resistance; Structuration theory; United Kingdom

Indexed keywords

EXPERT SYSTEM; HEALTH SERVICES; HEALTH WORKER; INFORMATICS; THEORETICAL STUDY; TRADITIONAL KNOWLEDGE;

ACTOR NETWORK THEORY; ARTICLE; CLINICAL PRACTICE; DECISION MAKING; EXPERT SYSTEM; GENERAL PRACTITIONER; GIDDENS CONCEPTUALISATION; PATIENT ATTITUDE; PHYSICIAN ATTITUDE; PROFESSIONALISM; SECONDARY ANALYSIS; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; SOCIAL STRUCTURE; SOCIOLOGICAL THEORY; THEORY VALIDATION;

UNITED KINGDOM;

E-HEALTH; ELECTRONIC PATENT RECORDS; EXPERT SYSTEMS; REFERRAL; RESISTANCE; STRUCTURATION THEORY; UNITED KINGDOM;

APPOINTMENTS AND SCHEDULES; CHOICE BEHAVIOR; EXPERT SYSTEMS; GENERAL PRACTICE; GENERAL PRACTITIONERS; GREAT BRITAIN; HEALTH POLICY; HUMANS; MEDICAL RECORDS SYSTEMS, COMPUTERIZED; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; SOCIOLOGY; STATE MEDICINE;

EID: 84894433844     PISSN: 02779536     EISSN: 18735347     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.socscimed.2013.12.014     Document Type: Article

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