'It has to become true genetics': tumour genetics and the division of diagnostic labour in the clinic.

摘要: Tumour genetics is currently turning into a massive clinical approach. This paper an enquiry its practices as they expand beyond expert and experimental contexts become routinised in hospital settings. Studying French university hospital, we unpack the content everyday organization of diagnostic labour this context. Exploring sociotechnical frictions that arise process, describe ways which are collectively controlled, stabilized through organizational fictions, instrumental making tumour doable at large scale. We further show new role external regulations production values for mutations has strong impact on work, it possible to be performed locally without resorting bioclinical collectives, outside professional jurisdiction geneticists. division appears necessary condition rise productivity required by function assigned genetics: guide prescription drugs common diseases. turn way embedded clinic calls thorough reassessment impacts discourses, decisions.