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Normalization process model

The normalization process model is a sociological model, developed by Carl R. May, that describes the adoption of new technologies in health care. The model provides framework for process evaluation using three components actors, objects, and contexts that are compared across four constructs: Interactional workability, relational integration, skill-set workability, and contextual integration. This model helped build the normalization process theory.

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The normalization process model is a sociological model, developed by Carl R. May, that describes the adoption of new technologies in health care. The model provides framework for process evaluation using three components actors, objects, and contexts that are compared across four constructs: Interactional workability, relational integration, skill-set workability, and contextual integration. This model helped build the normalization process theory.

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  1. Summarise the article in your own words. Which single claim would you verify first, and why?
  2. Which claim in this article is most likely to be revised as the sources update? How would you check its current status?
  3. If two sources disagreed about one of these facts, what would you need in order to trust one over the other?

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