Bezemer2011

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Bezemer2011
BibType ARTICLE
Key Bezemer2011
Author(s) Jeff Bezemer, Ged Murtagh, Alexandra Cope, Gunther Kress, Roger Kneebone
Title “Scissors, please”: the practical accomplishment of surgical work in the operating theater
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Tag(s) EMCA, Medical, surgical work, verbal and nonverbal communication, social interaction, interaction analysis
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Year 2011
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Journal Symbolic Interaction
Volume 34
Number 3
Pages 398–414
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DOI 10.1525/si.2011.34.3.398
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Abstract

The focus of this article is on professional activity in the operating theater. We explore how surgeons and nurses organize their activities, how social interaction is used to help structure and define situations, and how differentials in knowledge are constructed and oriented to. We utilize some ideas and concepts from symbolic interactionism, ethnomethodology, and conversation analysis to analyze small clips of audio‐ and video‐recorded interaction. Focusing on how surgeons and nurses request, provide, and apply surgical instruments, the analysis shows how surgical work is accomplished through talk and bodily conduct. We conclude that, examined in detail, the social interaction between surgeons and nurses is analytically inseparable from the “technical” demands of their work.

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