Der Einfluss der Medialität auf die Fallkonstitution in Patientenakten

This article examines hand- and computer-written patient records in a social medical institution and points out the importance of mediality for communicative action. The analyses suggest that certain functional qualities of mediality (e. g. finality, fixation) are influential for communicative action. Research on such questions is still in its infancy, but already shows that such results are significant for professional practice, because the mediality of the documentation can be either conducive or obstructive to the respective communicative needs.