Movement of knowledge
Medical knowledge is always in motion. It moves from the lab to the office, from a press release to a patient, from an academic journal to a civil servant’s desk and then on to a policymaker. Knowledge is deconstructed, reconstructed, and transformed as it moves. The dynamic, ever-evolving nature of...
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| description | Medical knowledge is always in motion. It moves from the lab to the office, from a press release to a patient, from an academic journal to a civil servant’s desk and then on to a policymaker. Knowledge is deconstructed, reconstructed, and transformed as it moves. The dynamic, ever-evolving nature of medical knowledge has given rise to different concepts to explain it: diffusion, translation, circulation, transit, co-production. At the same time, its movements—and the ways in which we conceptualize and describe them—have material consequences. For instance, value judgements on the validity of certain forms of knowledge determine the direction of clinical research. Policy decisions are taken in relation to existing knowledge. The acceptance or rejection of treatment protocols based on medical ‘facts’ impacts on patients, dependents, health providers, and society at large. Simply put, knowledge and the movement of knowledge matter. How do they matter, though? The contributors to this volume examine the complexity of medical knowledge in everyday life. We demonstrate not only the pervasive influence of knowledge in medical and public health settings, but also the range of methodological and theoretical tools to study knowledge. Ours is a multidisciplinary approach to the medical humanities, presenting both contemporary and historical perspectives in order to explore the borderlands between expertise and common knowledge. |
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| spelling | doab-20.500.12854ir-637592025-07-09T05:10:11Z Movement of knowledge Hansson, Kristofer Irwin, Rachel Knowledge Ethnography Medicine Health care Public health Science thema EDItEUR::J Society and Social Sciences::JH Sociology and anthropology::JHM Anthropology thema EDItEUR::A The Arts::AB The arts: general topics thema EDItEUR::J Society and Social Sciences::JH Sociology and anthropology::JHM Anthropology::JHMC Social and cultural anthropology thema EDItEUR::M Medicine and Nursing::MB Medicine: general issues::MBX History of medicine thema EDItEUR::L Law::LN Laws of specific jurisdictions and specific areas of law::LNT Social law and Medical law::LNTM Medical and healthcare law thema EDItEUR::Y Children’s, Teenage and Educational::YN Children’s / Teenage: General interest::YNT Children’s / Teenage general interest: Science and technology Medical knowledge is always in motion. It moves from the lab to the office, from a press release to a patient, from an academic journal to a civil servant’s desk and then on to a policymaker. Knowledge is deconstructed, reconstructed, and transformed as it moves. The dynamic, ever-evolving nature of medical knowledge has given rise to different concepts to explain it: diffusion, translation, circulation, transit, co-production. At the same time, its movements—and the ways in which we conceptualize and describe them—have material consequences. For instance, value judgements on the validity of certain forms of knowledge determine the direction of clinical research. Policy decisions are taken in relation to existing knowledge. The acceptance or rejection of treatment protocols based on medical ‘facts’ impacts on patients, dependents, health providers, and society at large. Simply put, knowledge and the movement of knowledge matter. How do they matter, though? The contributors to this volume examine the complexity of medical knowledge in everyday life. We demonstrate not only the pervasive influence of knowledge in medical and public health settings, but also the range of methodological and theoretical tools to study knowledge. Ours is a multidisciplinary approach to the medical humanities, presenting both contemporary and historical perspectives in order to explore the borderlands between expertise and common knowledge. 2021-02-18T03:01:36Z 2021-02-18T03:01:36Z 2021-02-17T16:38:24Z 2020 book ONIX_20210217_9789188909343_2 OCN: 1272924811 https://library.oapen.org/handle/20.500.12657/46858 https://directory.doabooks.org/handle/20.500.12854/63759 eng open access image/jpeg image/jpeg image/jpeg image/jpeg n/a n/a n/a n/a https://library.oapen.org/bitstream/20.500.12657/46858/1/movement-of-knowledge.pdf https://library.oapen.org/bitstream/20.500.12657/46858/1/movement-of-knowledge.pdf https://library.oapen.org/bitstream/20.500.12657/46858/1/movement-of-knowledge.pdf https://library.oapen.org/bitstream/20.500.12657/46858/1/movement-of-knowledge.pdf Kriterium 10.21525/kriterium.24 10.21525/kriterium.24 478079ae-a0b4-4cbd-b1bf-6d3a382e4d76 265 Gothenburg open access |
| spellingShingle | Knowledge Ethnography Medicine Health care Public health Science thema EDItEUR::J Society and Social Sciences::JH Sociology and anthropology::JHM Anthropology thema EDItEUR::A The Arts::AB The arts: general topics thema EDItEUR::J Society and Social Sciences::JH Sociology and anthropology::JHM Anthropology::JHMC Social and cultural anthropology thema EDItEUR::M Medicine and Nursing::MB Medicine: general issues::MBX History of medicine thema EDItEUR::L Law::LN Laws of specific jurisdictions and specific areas of law::LNT Social law and Medical law::LNTM Medical and healthcare law thema EDItEUR::Y Children’s, Teenage and Educational::YN Children’s / Teenage: General interest::YNT Children’s / Teenage general interest: Science and technology Movement of knowledge |
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| topic | Knowledge Ethnography Medicine Health care Public health Science thema EDItEUR::J Society and Social Sciences::JH Sociology and anthropology::JHM Anthropology thema EDItEUR::A The Arts::AB The arts: general topics thema EDItEUR::J Society and Social Sciences::JH Sociology and anthropology::JHM Anthropology::JHMC Social and cultural anthropology thema EDItEUR::M Medicine and Nursing::MB Medicine: general issues::MBX History of medicine thema EDItEUR::L Law::LN Laws of specific jurisdictions and specific areas of law::LNT Social law and Medical law::LNTM Medical and healthcare law thema EDItEUR::Y Children’s, Teenage and Educational::YN Children’s / Teenage: General interest::YNT Children’s / Teenage general interest: Science and technology |
| topic_facet | Knowledge Ethnography Medicine Health care Public health Science thema EDItEUR::J Society and Social Sciences::JH Sociology and anthropology::JHM Anthropology thema EDItEUR::A The Arts::AB The arts: general topics thema EDItEUR::J Society and Social Sciences::JH Sociology and anthropology::JHM Anthropology::JHMC Social and cultural anthropology thema EDItEUR::M Medicine and Nursing::MB Medicine: general issues::MBX History of medicine thema EDItEUR::L Law::LN Laws of specific jurisdictions and specific areas of law::LNT Social law and Medical law::LNTM Medical and healthcare law thema EDItEUR::Y Children’s, Teenage and Educational::YN Children’s / Teenage: General interest::YNT Children’s / Teenage general interest: Science and technology |
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