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The process and organisational consequences of new artefact adoption in surgery
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posted on 2022-03-28, 23:22 authored by Patricia Lynne JohnstoneSurgical technologies since the late 1980s have undergone substantial innovations that have involved ...the adoption of new machines, instruments, and related surgical materials... referred to throughtout this thesis as intra-operative artefacts... typically represents a commitment of substantial financial resources by the hospitals concerned. However, little is documented about the process whereby the decisions are made to adopt new intra-operative artefacts, and no previous research appears to have explored the work-related consequences of new intra-operative artefact adoption within operating theatre services. This thesis explores the reasons why new intra-operative artefacts are adopted, how the decisions are made, who are the participants in the decsion process and what are the expected and actual organisational consequences of new intra-operative artefact adoption.
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Table of Contents
Introduction -- Introduction to research problem and methodology -- Study context -- Theoretical framework - Review of the literature -- Study design and methods -- Study sites, surgical procedures, and labour input to surgical production -- New intra-operative artefacts: goals, choices and consequences -- Conclusion.Notes
Bibliography: leaves 288-310Degree Type
Thesis PhDDegree
Thesis (PhD), Macquarie University, Macquarie Graduate School of ManagementYear of Award
2001Rights
Copyright Patricia Johnstone 2005. Copyright disclaimer: http://www.copyright.mq.edu.auLanguage
EnglishJurisdiction
AustraliaFormer Identifiers
mq:5 http://hdl.handle.net/1959.14/3905Usage metrics
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Keywords
Organisational consequencesSurgeryHospitalsDecision processOperating rooms -- Administration -- Australia.Surgical technologySurgical instruments and apparatus -- Technological innovationsOperating roomsSurgical technology -- Australia.Hospitals -- Administration -- Australia.Surgical instruments and apparatusHospitals -- Materials management -- Australia.Technological changeOperating theatre work