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BL
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999501
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b753871
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| Main Entry
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Faulkner, Alex,1952-
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| Title & Author
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Medical technology into healthcare and society : : a sociology of devices, innovation and governance /\ Alex Faulkner.
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| Publication Statement
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New York :: Palgrave Macmillan,, 2009.
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| Series Statement
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Health, technology, and society
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xix, 238 pages :: illustrations ;; 23 cm.
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| ISBN
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0230001718
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: 9780230001718
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Includes bibliographical references (pages 213-233) and index.
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| Contents
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Innovation, evidence, and governance of medical technology -- Approaching technology -- The world of medical devices -- Artificial hips: the surveillance of success -- The PSA test for prostate cancer: risk constructs governance? -- Infusion pumps: usership and the governance of error -- Coagulometers: healthcare governance at home -- Device or drug?: governation of tissue-engineering -- Devising healthcare and society.
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| Abstract
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"Healthcare is technological. Contemporary healthcare is provided through medical devices ranging from the bandage to the bioreactor, from the thermometer to cancer screening tests, from the MRI scanner to the new regenerative medicine. This book opens up the world of medical devices to examine the hidden pathways which shape how technology reaches the bedside. It brings to light a maze of the sciences of safety and efficacy, regulation, surveillance systems, politics, industry strategy and roles of health professionals and patients. The author introduces new research in five different technologies of varying complexity, risk and usership: artificial hips, blood tests for prostate cancer, infusion pumps, the coagulometer and tissue engineering. Drawing from the sociology of medicine and from science and technology studies, the book develops new concepts to understand the changing patterns of control and promotion of medical technology, and its meaning in society. to explore new meanings of medicalisation and place evidence-based medicine in its policy context."--BOOK JACKET.
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Medical innovations-- Social aspects.
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Medical instruments and apparatus-- Social aspects.
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Health and Fitness.
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Health systems services.
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Medical equipment techniques.
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Medical innovations-- Social aspects.
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Medicinsk sociologi.
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Medicinsk teknik.
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Social welfare social services.
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Technology: general issues.
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Equipment and Supplies-- standards.
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Biomedical Technology-- standards.
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Health Policy.
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| Dewey Classification
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610.28
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| LC Classification
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R856.F38 2009
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W 26F263m 2009
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