Background Caring for persons with profound intellectual and multiple disabilities (PIMD)
demands specific expertise. Tacit knowledge seems to play an important role, but little is …

Objectives Clinical judgment is a central element of the medical profession, essential for the
performance of the doctor, and potentially generating information also for other clinicians …

Nonaka's paper [1994. A dynamic theory of organizational knowledge creation. Organ. Sci. 5
(1) 14–37] contributed to the concepts of “tacit knowledge” and “knowledge conversion” in …

This paper takes as a focus of anthropological enquiry the set of techniques and practices
for the appraisal and clinical application of research evidence that has become known as …

Background Planning a public health initiative is both a science and an art. Public health
practitioners work in a complex, often time-constrained environment, where formal research …

Why is it that in spite of all the health policy reforms, clinical practice innovations, increasing
intersectoral interdependencies and new medical and information technologies, so little has …

Background Ethnographic research methods have a considerable history of use in medical
settings. This paper provides a personal account of conducting ethnography in medical …

The move towards evidence-based healthcare across the industrialised world has raised
questions about the nature of evidence, and how good evidence is determined. In response …

Ma'pasa'Tedong is one of the ritual parts of Rambu Solo', a funeral ritual series in Toraja
culture, Tana Toraja regency, South Sulawesi province, Indonesia. In this ethnicity, the ritual …

Background We aimed to describe how anaesthetists hand over information and
professional responsibility to nurses in the operating theatre recovery room. Methods We …