Behind the medical mask : medical technology and medical power

This thesis explores the role of technology as a resource in the structure of medical domination of birth and death, stressing technology's pivotal position at the intersection of control and uncertainty. Based in Intensive Care and Obstetrics (between which the health status of patients diverg...

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Main Author: Harvey, Janet
Published: University of Warwick 1992
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Online Access:http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.281830