The Picture of Health: Visual Representation as Communicative Practice in Healthcare Settings
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Recent research has shown that visualization practices can play important roles in communicative activities by contributing to conversational coordination and involvement [1, 2]. While researchers have examined the use of informal visualization techniques such as sketching by designers and engineers, this position paper argues for extending this work to the domain of healthcare. From professional consultations to educational programs, patient care environments can be characterized by multiple needs for communication between individuals with different levels of expertise, disciplinary training, goals and intentions. Focusing issues of visual representation and materiality in this area has the potential to influence the development and evaluation of tools to support informal communication throughout the patient care process.
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