Acting in Anaesthesia: Ethnographic Encounters with Patients, Practitioners and Medical Technologies

by Dawn Goodwin

In recent years, evidence-based medicine (EBM), clinical governance and professional accountability have become increasingly significant in shaping the organization and delivery of healthcare. However, these notions all build upon and exemplify the idea of human-centred, individual action. In this book, Dawn Goodwin suggests that such models of practice exaggerate the extent to which practitioners are able to predict and control the circumstances...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0521882060
• ISBN13: 9780521882064
• Release Date: February 2009
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press
• Length: 204 Pages
• Weight: 0.95 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 6.2" x 9.0"