RE: Foucault and Clinical Audit

I have got hold of the book in question, (Rose 'Powers Of Freedom') the chapter on the political application of 'number' is exactly the kind of thing I was looking
for.
Thanks!

How pleasant
Just once not to see
Fuji through mist. (Basho)


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From: "Hennon, Lisa" <hennon@xxxxxxxxxxx>
To: <foucault@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Thu, 25 Sep 2003 12:22:02 -0400
Subject: RE: Foucault and Clinical Audit

> Yes, indeed, Foucault's work lends itself to an analysis of the
> current technique of the audit. How exciting that you are taking up
> this question! I am sure there are many scholars working on this
> issue, but the one who comes to my mind is Nikolas Rose, especially
> in his book _Powers of Freedom: Reframing political thought_(1999).
>
> Lisa
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: claudius [mailto:claudius.laumanns@xxxxxx]
> Sent: Thursday, September 25, 2003 11:17 AM
> To: foucault@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Subject: RE: Foucault and Clinical Audit
>
> I am afraid one could explain the audit with Foucault as governing
> the healthcare system. He definitly liked radical anti- medical movements
> and tried to support them with his early work. (says Lembke)
>
> I think never gave any direct suggestions how to improve
> institutions, it would have been a contradiction to his critic of universal
> intellectuals.
> But he mentiones some features of architecture and methods of gaining
> Data. So I suggest (with Foucault) to avoid organizing the health
> care system after these principles. (and not to develope worse, i
> think the crucial point is to avoid changing the life of the sick.)
>
> Claudius
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: owner-foucault@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> [mailto:owner-foucault@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of max
> neill
> Sent: Thursday, September 25, 2003 1:02 PM
> To: foucault@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Subject: Foucault and Clinical Audit
>
> I am currently preparing to carry out some kind of audit of the
> healthcare setting I am training in. The idea is to look at quality
> of care delivered compared with national benchmarks. I am interested
> in how much Foucault would have seen this as aiming to improve
> patient experience - it's ostensible aim, and how much it would be
> seen as a tool of panoptical 'institutional gaze'. Any thoughts, or
> good references?
>
> How pleasant
> Just once not to see
> Fuji through mist. (Basho)
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