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- Title
Towards a social constructionist analysis of nursing informatics.
- Authors
Robinson, K.; Robinson, H.; Davies, H.; Robinson, Kate; Robinson, Hugh; Davis, Hilary
- Abstract
In this paper we present a social constructionist analysis of the nursing informatics literature, analysing the literature in terms of three related rhetorics, that of (re)assurance of access, (re)assurance of competence, and (re)assurance of culture. We argue that these three rhetorics are reflexively constitutive of the deployment of information technology as an expression of instrumental rationality, discussing the epistemic roles and relationships allocated to nurses as a consequence. We dispute this meta-narrative of instrumental rationality, arguing for a political epistemology that valorizes the situation and circumstance of nursing practice.
- Publication
Health Informatics Journal, 1996, Vol 2, Issue 4, p179
- ISSN
1460-4582
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1177/146045829600200402