| Medicus in virtus: telemedicine, a network and a cyber nurse : notions on new developments in medical science and practice | |
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Telemedicine is widely defined as medicine performed at a distance by the means of telecommunication. It often proofs to fulfil both medical and technical acquirements, but often fails to reach large-scale use. The focus in evaluation of telemedicine projects generally concerns efficiency and economic issues. In this thesis I try to explore the links between telemedicine projects and medical science and practice. I ask, What are the implied theories of medical science and practice engendered by telemedicine? Social studies of medicine shows that the leading rationality in modern medicine is evidence based, I show how practices, tools and decision techniques are influential in logics and science of medicine. Further I describe two case studies: The plans for a regional teleradiology network in Northern Norway and technological mediated health workers represented in the concept called CyberNINA . I show how new concepts of organising and performing medical work are inscribed in the telemedicine projects and I discuss some of the implications it might cause. Different technology projects in different fields of medicine construct and re-construct health care work by interaction in socio-technical networks. By discussing the medical aspects of telemedicine I show that it is important to create boundary objects and rationalise new concepts of medicine within existing cultures. |
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Hasvold, Thomas Rochmann |
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Publisher : University Of Oslo Type : Master's thesis Format : - |
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2000 |
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VDP:200, telemedicine medical science and practice Cyber Nina teleradiology future health work |
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Languages : eng |
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