Fieldwork for Healthcare: Case Studies Investigating Human Factors in Computing Systems (Synthesis Lectures on Assistive, Rehabilitative, and Health-Preserving Technologies) - Softcover

Furniss, Dominic; O'Kane, Aisling Ann; Randell, Rebecca; Taneva, Svetlena; Mentis, Helena; Blandford, Ann

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1627053190 ISBN 13: 9781627053198

Publisher: Morgan & Claypool Publishers, 2014

Synopsis

Fieldwork for Healthcare Performing fieldwork in healthcare settings is significantly different from fieldwork in other domains and it presents unique challenges to researchers. Whilst results are reported in research papers, the details of how to actually perform these fieldwork studies are not. This is the first of two volumes designed as a collective graduate guidebook for conducting fieldwork in healthcare. This volume brings together the experiences of established researchers who do fieldwork in clinical and non-clinical settings, focusing on how people interact with healthcare technology, in the form of case studies. These case studies are all personal, reflective accounts of ...

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UCL Interaction Centre, University College London, UK

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• Publisher: Morgan & Claypool Publishers
• Publication date: 2014
• ISBN 10: 1627053190
• ISBN 13: 9781627053198
• Binding: Paperback
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 130