Visualizing endometriosis. The construction of professional vision in radiology
Abstract
This article focuses on the professional vision of radiologists specialized in endometriosis. The diagnosis is conceptualized as a device for authenticating bodies. On the one hand, I address the issues related to the division of medical work; on the other hand, I examine those related to the learning of technical and sensory skills, seeking to show their interweaving and their implications in the making of endometriosis. The demonstration proceeds in two ways: the first part deals with the legitimization of the visual expertise of radiologists through a boundary work with gynecological surgery, that resulted in a shift of jurisdiction within the diagnostic process. The second part focuses on how radiologists learn to see endometriosis and to make sense of the images produced through the mobilization of a set of perceptual signs.
Keywords
- diagnostic
- aparatus
- endometriosis
- medical imaging
- jurisdiction
- perception
- hold
- radiology
- professional vision
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Herausgegeben von:
Barbara Pentimalli, Vanessa Rémery, Caroline Datchary
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Revue d’anthropologie des connaissances 14-3 | 2020 «The Factory of Gaze in the Learning of the Trade»
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Französisch
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Marne-la-Vallée
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2020
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Gesundheit – Medizin
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Arbeit – Laufbahn – Beruf
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Soziologie, Geschichte
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