Situated intervention : sociological experiments in health care

Situated intervention : sociological experiments in health care /

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 furthe...

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Main Author: Zuiderent-Jerak, Teun (Author)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:English
Published: Cambridge, Massachusetts : The MIT Press, 2015
Series:Inside technology.
Subjects:
Social medicine.
Sociology > Research.
Medical care > Quality control.
Medical care.
Sociology.
Delivery of Health Care
Sociology
Quality Assurance, Health Care
Quality of Health Care
Patient Care
sociology.
Local Note:ProQuest Ebook Central
Table of 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.

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