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Main Author: Bowker, Geoffrey C.
Format: Recurso educativo Open Access
Language:en
Published: 1998
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Online Access:https://eric.ed.gov/?id=EJ584213
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author Bowker, Geoffrey C.
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contents The Kindness of Strangers: Kinds and Politics in Classification Systems. Bowker, Geoffrey C. Classification Information Management Information Retrieval Information Storage Information Systems Medical Libraries Medical Research Medical Services Medicine Examines some medical classification systems with a long history--notably the "International Classification of Diseases (ICD)." States that this classification scheme retains many traces of its own administrative and organizational past in its current form. Suggests that ICD, like other large-scale classification systems, performs so effectively because these traces permit a coupling of classification scheme and organizational form. (Author/AEF)
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spellingShingle The Kindness of Strangers: Kinds and Politics in Classification Systems.
Bowker, Geoffrey C.
Classification
Information Management
Information Retrieval
Information Storage
Information Systems
Medical Libraries
Medical Research
Medical Services
Medicine
The Kindness of Strangers: Kinds and Politics in Classification Systems. Bowker, Geoffrey C. Classification Information Management Information Retrieval Information Storage Information Systems Medical Libraries Medical Research Medical Services Medicine Examines some medical classification systems with a long history--notably the "International Classification of Diseases (ICD)." States that this classification scheme retains many traces of its own administrative and organizational past in its current form. Suggests that ICD, like other large-scale classification systems, performs so effectively because these traces permit a coupling of classification scheme and organizational form. (Author/AEF)
title The Kindness of Strangers: Kinds and Politics in Classification Systems.
topic Classification
Information Management
Information Retrieval
Information Storage
Information Systems
Medical Libraries
Medical Research
Medical Services
Medicine
url https://eric.ed.gov/?id=EJ584213