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A failed panopticon: surveillance of nursing practice via new technology
Author(s) -
Timmons Stephen
Publication year - 2003
Publication title -
new technology, work and employment
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.889
H-Index - 45
eISSN - 1468-005X
pISSN - 0268-1072
DOI - 10.1111/1468-005x.00116
Subject(s) - panopticon , nursing practice , nursing , medicine , sociology , brother , anthropology
New technology being introduced into nursing makes possible the surveillance of practice via an ‘electronic panopticon’. This paper reports on a qualitative study of these systems in the UK NHS, where the attempt to monitor nursing practice failed, not least due to the complexities of nursing culture and practice at ward level.