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 and contingencies of healthcare. Drawing on ethnographic material, Goodwin explores the way that action unfolds in a series of empirical cases of...

This bookexplores ethnographic studies of diagnostic work in diverse settings. Switching attention from product ('diagnosis') to process ('diagnosing'), it reveals the importance of collaborative, socio-material, technologically augmented practices, exploring the potential of the multi-disciplinary studies presented to inform innovation."

A hilarious, irreverent, and touching account of one seriously Christian girl's struggle to please any available savior. . . .

K. Dawn Goodwin's holy crusade to be the Lord's sexiest spokesperson began at the tender--but far from innocent--age of seven. And while she always thought Jesus was kinda hot, even He could not quiet the avalanche of prepubescent lust and the burning wish for a man to find her, like Bathsheba, comely enough to spy on.

Crucified by soulless pretty girls and cruel jocks whose mission it was to make her life hell on earth, adolescent Dawn, painfully obsessed...

This book explores ethnographic studies of diagnostic work in diverse settings. Switching attention from product ('diagnosis') to process ('diagnosing'), it reveals the importance of collaborative, socio-material, technologically augmented practices, exploring the potential of the multi-disciplinary studies presented to inform innovation.

The day before Nathaniel Shade was set to be married, he and his adopted Cherokee brother, Tom, were going on one last hunt to celebrate. Neither knew that while they were stalking deer in the deep woods of Harkers Town, South Carolina, an ancient evil would sweep through changing their lives forever. When Nathaniel returns home to find his town destroyed and his soon-to-be wife missing, he will have to find the courage to track her down. With the help of his family and friends, Nathaniel will be forced to face beasts that feed under a full moon.