Routledge Technology and Medical Practice: Blood, Guts and Machines

This scholarly work examines how advanced technologies reshape modern medical practice and patient care within hospital environments. The book explores the complex relationship between technological artefacts and established medical traditions, investigating how diagnostic tools and machines influence doctors', nurses' and medical scientists' daily work. It addresses critical questions about patient experiences in technologized settings, knowledge negotiation among healthcare professionals, and shifting power dynamics when technology becomes integral to care. Published by Routledge as part of the Theory, Technology and Society series, this text provides essential insights into the sociotechnical systems that define contemporary medicine, making it vital reading for anthropologists, sociologists, healthcare professionals and anyone seeking to understand how machines and human practice intersect in modern medical environments.