Typification in a Neuro-Rehabilitation Centre: Scheff Revisited?
- 1 August 1993
- journal article
- Published by SAGE Publications in Sociological Review
- Vol. 41 (3) , 415-445
- https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1467-954x.1993.tb00072.x
Abstract
This paper presents data on the admissions process in a Regional neuro-rehabilitation centre, using the framework proposed in Thomas Scheff's classic paper on typification in the diagnostic process as a starting point for analysis. We argue that typification is a more complex and diffuse process than Scheff's ‘diagnostic stereotype’ concept suggests, and that this may be linked to the particular work imperatives and relevancies that are important in this setting.Keywords
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