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J. Rooksby, S. Kay

Patient Reports as Stories of Clinical Work: Narrative and Work in Neuroradiology

Keywords: Narrative, Story, radiology report, clinical work process

OBJECTIVE: This paper describes the connections between the radiology report and clinical work and considers the implications for computerisation. METHOD: A story representation is described that allows consideration of the radiology report as an active unit of narrative rather than a passive collection of data. This paper draws upon the results of a qualitative study of a neuroradiology department. RESULTS AND CONCLUSION: Radiology reports recount a patient condition but also represent and influence clinical work.

Methods of Information in Medicine, Schattauer

Print ISSN: 0026-1270
Volume: 42, 01/2003
Pages: 445 - 450

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