Sorting Things Out: Classification and Its Consequences

Medical Writings: Book Notes20 November 2001Sorting Things Out: Classification and Its ConsequencesJ. Marc Overhage, MD, PhD and Jeffery G. Suico, MDJ. Marc Overhage, MD, PhDRegenstrief Institute for Health Care, Indiana University School of Medicine, Indianapolis, IN. Search for more papers by this author and Jeffery G. Suico, MDRegenstrief Institute for Health Care, Indiana University School of Medicine, Indianapolis, IN. Search for more papers by this authorAuthor, Article, and Disclosure Informationhttps: //doi. org/10. 7326/0003-4819-135-10-200111200-00030 SectionsAboutFull TextPDF ToolsAdd to favoritesDownload CitationsTrack CitationsPermissions ShareFacebookTwitterLinkedInRedditEmail Bowker GC and Star SL. 389 pages. Cambridge, MA, and London: MIT Pr; 1999. 29. 95. ISBN 0262024616. Order phone 800-356-0343. Field of medicine: Public health and medical informatics. Format: Hardcover book (softcover also available). Audience: Physicians and nonphysicians involved in developing or setting policy for classification systems, nomenclatures, or vocabularies. Purpose: To discuss the idea that classifications and standardizations have direct impact on social and political aspects of human interaction. Content: The authors organize their presentation into an introductory chapter that frames the issues, followed by three sections (classification and large-scale infrastructures, classification and biography, and classification and work practice). . . Author, Article, and Disclosure InformationAffiliations: Regenstrief Institute for Health Care, Indiana University School of Medicine, Indianapolis, IN. PreviousarticleNextarticle Advertisement FiguresReferencesRelatedDetails Metrics Cited byRevisiting Gendered Web Forms: An Evaluation of Gender Inputs with (Non-) Binary PeopleThe 18 benefits of using ecosystem services classification systemsHow Computers See Gender 20 November 2001Volume 135, Issue 10Page: 934KeywordsHealth careHealth informaticsInformation technologyInternational Classification of DiseasesPrevention, policy, and public healthRacial and ethnic issuesSoftware tools ePublished: 20 November 2001 Issue Published: 20 November 2001 Copyright & PermissionsCopyright © 2001 by American College of Physicians. All Rights Reserved. PDF downloadLoading. . .