Technological innovation and the labour process in health care.
The process of technological innovation in health care is explored in this paper using labour process theory. Taking the specific case study of diagnostic imaging technology it argues for the utility of labour process theory for analysing the professional labour process as a means of delineating the social contexts in which technological innovation provides a means of empowering workers.
Daly
J
J
Department of Sociology, La Trobe University, Bundoora, Victoria, Australia.
Willis
E
E
D006291:Health Policy / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence / Q000639:trends; D006280:Health Workforce / Q000639:trends*; D006801:Humans; D013677:Medical Laboratory Science / Q000639:trends*; D011361:Professional Competence; D012923:Social Class; D013679:Technology, Radiologic / Q000639:trends; D014481:United States