Situated intervention : sociological experiments in health care / Teun Zuiderent-Jerak.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Zuiderent-Jerak, Teun, author.

Series:

Inside technology.

Inside technology

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Social medicine.

Sociology--Research.

Sociology.

Medical care--Quality control.

Medical care.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (248 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Cambridge, Massachusetts : The MIT Press, [2015]

Language Note:

English

Summary:

This work considers the question of how the direct involvement of social scientists in the practices they study can lead to the production of interesting sociological knowledge. It draws together two activities that are often seen as belonging to different realms: intervening in practices and furthering sociological understanding of them.

Contents:

Contents; Acknowledgments; Introduction: Exploring Intervention in the Social Sciences; 1 The Stuff of Interventions; 2 Situated Standardization in Hematology and Oncology Care; 3 Situated Standardization and Patient-Centered Care; 4 The Qualities of Competition; 5 Sociological Reconfigurations of Patient Safety; Conclusion: Situated Intervention and the Ethics of Specificity; Notes; References; Index; Inside Technology Series List

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

OCLC-licensed vendor bibliographic record.

ISBN:

0-262-32944-1

0-262-32943-3

OCLC:

918852685

Publisher Number:

ebc3433800