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Moving beyond local practice: Reconfiguring the adoption of a breast cancer diagnostic technology

Author:
Maniatopoulos, Gregory   Procter, Rob   Llewellyn, Sue   Harvey, Gill   Boyd, Alan  


Journal:
Social Science & Medicine


Issue Date:
2015


Abstract(summary):

This paper explores the ways in which technological innovation becomes adopted and incorporated into healthcare practice. Drawing upon the notion of 'field of practices', we examine how adoption is subject to spatially and temporally distributed reconfigurations across a multi-level set of practices, ranging from the policy level to the micro-level setting of individual action. The empirical backdrop is provided by a case study of the adoption of Breast Lymph Node Assay (BLNA), a diagnostic technology innovation for the treatment of breast cancer patients. Our aim is to contribute to the development of a more comprehensive analysis of the processes surrounding the adoption and incorporation of complex healthcare technologies into routine practice. (C) 2015 Published by Elsevier Ltd.


Page:
98-106


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