Ethnographies of Diagnostic Work Dimensions of Transformative Practice

by Buscher, Monika; Goodwin, Dawn; Mesman, Jessica

• ISBN13: 9780230223288
• ISBN10: 0230223281
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2010-01-15
• Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan

Summary

This book explores ethnographic studies of diagnostic work in diverse settings. Switching attention from product (diagnosis) to process (diagnosing), it reveals the importance of collaborative, socio-material, technologically augmented practices, exploring the potential of the multi-disciplinary studies presented to inform innovation.

Author Biography

MONIKA BSCHER is Senior Lecturer in Sociology, Lancaster University, UK

DAWN GOODWIN is Lecturer, School of Health and Medicine, Lancaster University, UK

JESSICA MESMAN is Assistant Professor, Department of Technology and Society Studies, University of Maastricht, The Netherlands

Table of Contents

List of Figures	p. vii
Preface	p. viii
Notes on the Contributors	p. x
Transcription Conventions	p. xv
Ethnographies of Diagnostic Work: Introduction	p. 1
Finding Fault with Fault-Finding
Reading the Signs: Prison officers' Mindful Diagnosis of Potential Self-Harm and Suicide	p. 17
Making and Breaking Troubleshooting Logics: Diagnosis in Office Settings	p. 35
Making Matters Speak in Railway Maintenance	p. 54
Sensing the Way: Embodied Dimensions of Diagnostic Work	p. 73
A Topography of Diagnostic Work
Diagnostic Work in Collaborative Practices in Neonatal Care	p. 95
Diagnosis as Dialogue: Diagnostic Work in Calls to a Technical Support Helpline	p. 113
Heartfelt and Heartseen: Making a Diagnosis through Coronary Angiogram	p. 133
Managing the Diagnostic Space in Calls for Help	p. 149
Towards a New Conceptualisation of Diagnostic Work
Matereal Methods	p. 171
Diagnosing and Acting upon Dementia: Marte Meo	p. 193
Will-ful Cyborgs? Producing Selves via VET	p. 209
Suspicious Minds?	p. 227
Moving towards a New View of Diagnostic Work: Some Implications	p. 245
Index	p. 261
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