Medical Technology in Healthcare and Society

From bandage to the bioreactor, this book looks at five different device technologies from inception to healthcare practice, drawing on medical sociology, science and technology studies and political science. It examines " evidence," regulation and governance processes, and diverse stakeholders in innovating the technologies that shape health care.

ALEX FAULKNER is Senior Research Fellow, Institute of Society, Health and Ethics, School of Social Sciences, Cardiff University, UK.

List of Figures	p. viii
List of Tables	p. ix
Preface	p. x
Series Preface	p. xiii
Acknowledgements	p. xv
List of Abbreviations	p. xvii
Innovation, Evidence and Governance of Medical Technology	p. 1
Approaching Technology	p. 13
The World of Medical Devices	p. 27
Artificial Hips: The Surveillance of Success	p. 42
The PSA Test for Prostate Cancer: Risk Constructs Governance?	p. 72
Infusion Pumps: Usership and the Governance of Error with Mara Clecia Dantas Souza	p. 100
Coagulometers: Healthcare Governance at Home	p. 131
Device or Drug? Governation of Tissue Engineering	p. 159
Devising Healthcare and Society	p. 188
Notes	p. 210
Bibliography	p. 213
Index	p. 234
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Medical Technology in Healthcare and Society A Sociology of Devices, Innovation and Governance

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