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      THE FAILURE OF A NEW COMMUNICATIONS TECHNOLOGY IN A LARGE HOSPITAL ORGANISATION

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      patient monitor nurse call system, communication technology, hospitals, nursing
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            Journal
            cpro20
            CPRO
            Prometheus
            Critical Studies in Innovation
            Pluto Journals
            0810-9028
            1470-1030
            December 1983
            : 1
            : 2
            : 350-365
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            8628935 Prometheus, Vol. 1, No. 2, 1983: pp. 350–365
            10.1080/08109028308628935
            c692cbbe-13dc-4cab-aa66-abb69bbe51e8
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            Computer science,Arts,Social & Behavioral Sciences,Law,History,Economics
            communication technology,patient monitor nurse call system,nursing,hospitals

            NOTES AND REFERENCES

            1. This latter category was included as a result of the author's own observations.

            2. This no longer applies because of modification of the gong feature of the system.

            3. The author does not consider this advantage sufficient to warrant the additional cost.

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            8. Altman, op. cit.

            9. Parsons T.. 1951. . “‘Social structure and dynamic process: the case of modern medical practice’. ”. In The Social System . , p. 439––47. . New York : : Free Press. .

            10. Epstein Y.. 1981. . ‘Crowding stress and human behaviour’. . Journal of Social Issues . , Vol. 31:: 126––44. .

            11. Jackson J. M.. 1959. . ‘The organisation and its communication problems’. . Journal of Communication . , Vol. 9:: 158––67. .

            12. Seligman M.. 1975. . Helplessness: on Depression, Development and Death . , San Francisco : : Freeman. . Personality and Social Behaviour

            13. This modification has been made recently.

            14. This is a personal recommendation resulting from the author's own observations.

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