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What is Instrument or Tool

Chapter 556
Encyclopedia of Information Science and Technology, Third Edition
An Artifact becomes a tool or an instrument when its user develops cognitive schemata to incorporate them into its social or discipline practices.
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Technology and Tools Appropriation in Medical Practices
Manuel Santos-Trigo (Cinvestav-IPN, Mexico), Ernesto Suaste (Cinvestav-IPN, Mexico), and Paola Figuerola (Cinvestav-IPN, Mexico)
Copyright: © 2015 |Pages: 8
DOI: 10.4018/978-1-4666-5888-2.ch556
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Chapter 329
Technology Design and Routes for Tool Appropriation in Medical Practices
An Artifact becomes a tool or an instrument when its user develops cognitive schemata to incorporate them into its social or discipline practices.
Published in Chapter: Technology Design and Routes for Tool Appropriation in Medical Practices; From: Encyclopedia of Information Science and Technology, Fourth Edition
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