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New Technologies in Health Care: Challenge, Change and Innovation

Name: New Technologies in Health Care: Challenge, Change and Innovation
Author: Andrew Webster
ISBN: 9781403991300

by Andrew Webster (Editor), Sally Wyatt

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A unique, pathbreaking collection that provides the first, detailed and comprehensive analysis of the implications of new health technologies for society, the delivery of health care, and the very meaning of health itself. It is based on new, critical social science research integrated according to core themes, making it accessible and engaging. It will be of especial value to students and researchers in Social Science, Health Studies and medical schools.

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About the Author, Andrew Webster

ANDREW WEBSTER is Director of the Science and Technology Studies Unit (SATSU), and Head of the Department of Sociology, University of York, UK. He directed the Innovative Health Technologies Programme and leads a UK social science research initiative on stem cells. His next book will be Health, Technology and Society: A Sociological Critique, also to be published by Palgrave Macmillan.