Living and Working with the New Medical Technologies: Intersections of Inquiry

by Margaret M. Lock

Book Overview

This stimulating collection of essays, a product of a dialogue among anthropologists, sociologists, and philosopher-historians, focuses on the newly created biomedical technologies and their practical applications. Drawing on ethnographic and historical case studies, the authors show how biomedical technologies are produced through the agencies of tools and techniques, scientists and doctors, funding bodies, patients, and the public. Despite shared...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0521655684
• ISBN13: 9780521655682
• Release Date: July 2000
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press
• Length: 308 Pages
• Weight: 0.30 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 6.0" x 8.9"