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Publication date: 23 April 2013

Navigating the Terrain of Medical Diagnosis and Treatment: Patient Decision Making and Uncertainty

Ronald J. Berger, Carla Corroto, Jennifer Flad and Richard Quinney

Medical uncertainty is recognized as a critical issue in the sociology of diagnosis and medical sociology more generally, but a neglected focus of this concern is the…

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Medical uncertainty is recognized as a critical issue in the sociology of diagnosis and medical sociology more generally, but a neglected focus of this concern is the question of patient decision making. Using a mixed methods approach that draws upon autoethnographic accounts and third-party interviews, we aim to illuminate the dilemmas of patient decision making in the face of uncertainty. How do patients and supportive caregivers go about navigating this state of affairs? What types of patient–doctor/healthcare professional relationships hinder or enhance effective patient decision making? These are the themes we explore in this study by following patients through the sequence of experiencing symptoms, seeking a diagnosis, evaluating treatment protocols, and receiving treatments. In general, three genres of culturally available narratives are revealed in the data: strategic, technoluxe, and unbearable health narratives.

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40th Anniversary of Studies in Symbolic Interaction
Type: Book
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1108/S0163-2396(2013)0000040019
ISBN: 978-1-78190-783-2

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  • Medical decision making
  • diagnosis
  • treatment
  • uncertainty

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Publication date: 8 July 2014

When you have a hammer in your hand, everything looks like a nail : The architecture of service learning

Carla Corroto

Taking Community Design Centers (CDC) in the USA as case studies, the purpose of this paper is to investigate the impact of a type of service learning increasingly found…

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Purpose

Taking Community Design Centers (CDC) in the USA as case studies, the purpose of this paper is to investigate the impact of a type of service learning increasingly found in colleges of architecture. Typically, the CDC is a model of architecture's civic engagement that makes claims to “give back” to under-served communities and enhance student learning with applied architectural design work.

Design/methodology/approach

This project is part of a long-term engagement as participant observer and ethnographer in the field of architecture. Fieldwork in this investigation is presented as four case studies in separate and specific contexts.

Findings

Initial findings suggest there are conflicting intentions and aspirations at work through service learning in architecture and its implementation calls into question who or what is served. The author argues architecture's epistemology, pedagogical structure, and ideology precludes effective civic engagement.

Originality/value

The value of this research is the understanding of how those with power and resources are able to frame their work in low-income communities as service, even though there is little of worth given. It also demonstrates how stratification is reinforced through institutional arrangements in the USA.

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Qualitative Research Journal, vol. 14 no. 2
Type: Research Article
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1108/QRJ-07-2013-0043
ISSN: 1443-9883

Keywords

  • Case study, Teaching
  • Architecture
  • Pedagogy
  • Service learning
  • Community design
  • Studio

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Publication date: 23 April 2013

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40th Anniversary of Studies in Symbolic Interaction
Type: Book
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1108/S0163-2396(2013)0000040029
ISBN: 978-1-78190-783-2

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Publication date: 23 April 2013

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David L. Altheide, Ph.D., is Emeritus Regents’ Professor of the Faculty of Justice and Social Inquiry in the School of Social Transformation at Arizona State University…

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David L. Altheide, Ph.D., is Emeritus Regents’ Professor of the Faculty of Justice and Social Inquiry in the School of Social Transformation at Arizona State University, where he taught for 36 years. His work has focused on the role of mass media and information technology in social control. His most recent books are Qualitative media analysis (2nd ed., Sage, 2012) and Terror post 9/11 and the media (Lang, 2009). Altheide received the Cooley Award three times, given to the outstanding book in symbolic interaction, from the Society for the Study of Symbolic Interaction: In 2007 for Terrorism and the politics of fear (2006); in 2004 for Creating fear: News and the construction of crisis (2002); and in 1986 for Media power (1985). Altheide received the 2005 George Herbert Mead Award for lifetime contributions from the Society for the Study of Symbolic Interaction, and the society’s Mentor Achievement Award in 2007.

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40th Anniversary of Studies in Symbolic Interaction
Type: Book
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1108/S0163-2396(2013)0000040003
ISBN: 978-1-78190-783-2

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Publication date: 17 May 2012

My Story and I’m Sticking to it – Until I Revise it

Laurel Richardson

Laurel Richardson's academic autobiography from preschool to Professor Emerita.

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Laurel Richardson's academic autobiography from preschool to Professor Emerita.

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Blue-Ribbon Papers: Behind the Professional Mask: The Autobiographies of Leading Symbolic Interactionists
Type: Book
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1108/S0163-2396(2012)0000038013
ISBN: 978-1-78052-747-5

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