TY - JOUR
T1 - Moving beyond local practice: Reconfiguring the adoption of a breast cancer diagnostic technology
AU - Maniatopoulos, Gregory
AU - Procter, Rob
AU - Llewellyn, Sue
AU - Harvey, Gill
AU - Boyd, Alan
PY - 2015/2
Y1 - 2015/2
N2 - This paper explores the ways in which technological innovation becomes adopted and incorporated into healthcare practice. Drawing upon the notion of ‘field of practices’, we examine how adoption is subject to spatially and temporally distributed reconfigurations across a multi-level set of practices, ranging from the policy level to the micro-level setting of individual action. The empirical backdrop is provided by a case study of the adoption of Breast Lymph Node Assay (BLNA), a diagnostic technology innovation for the treatment of breast cancer patients. Our aim is to contribute to the development of a more comprehensive analysis of the processes surrounding the adoption and incorporation of complex healthcare technologies into routine practice.
AB - This paper explores the ways in which technological innovation becomes adopted and incorporated into healthcare practice. Drawing upon the notion of ‘field of practices’, we examine how adoption is subject to spatially and temporally distributed reconfigurations across a multi-level set of practices, ranging from the policy level to the micro-level setting of individual action. The empirical backdrop is provided by a case study of the adoption of Breast Lymph Node Assay (BLNA), a diagnostic technology innovation for the treatment of breast cancer patients. Our aim is to contribute to the development of a more comprehensive analysis of the processes surrounding the adoption and incorporation of complex healthcare technologies into routine practice.
U2 - 10.1016/j.socscimed.2015.02.036
DO - 10.1016/j.socscimed.2015.02.036
M3 - Article
VL - 131
SP - 98
EP - 106
JO - Social Science & Medicine
JF - Social Science & Medicine
SN - 1873-5347
ER -
