Renegotiating expertise: An examination of PACS and the challenges to radiology using a medical anthropologic approach

Journal of the American College of Radiology

Volumn 9, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 64-68

  Tillack, Allison Anne ^a   Breiman, Richard S ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

communication; expertise; Medical anthropology

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; ECHOGRAPHY; ETHNOGRAPHIC RESEARCH; HUMAN RELATION; INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION; MEDICAL ANTHROPOLOGY; MEDICAL PRACTICE; MEDICAL SPECIALIST; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PATIENT CARE; PICTURE ARCHIVING AND COMMUNICATION SYSTEM; RADIOLOGY; SEMI STRUCTURED INTERVIEW;

EID: 84926231800     PISSN: 15461440     EISSN: 1558349X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jacr.2011.07.006     Document Type: Article

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