The technological invention of disease

Medical Humanities

Volumn 27, Issue 1, 2001, Pages 10-19

  Hofmann, B ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OSLO   (Norway)

Author keywords

Concept of disease; Technology

Indexed keywords

ANALYSIS; ARTICLE; BIOCHEMISTRY; DIAGNOSIS; DISEASE MODEL; LEARNING; MEDICAL LITERATURE; MEDICAL PRACTICE; MEDICINE; MOLECULAR BIOLOGY; PHYSICAL DISEASE; PHYSIOLOGY; TAXONOMY; TECHNOLOGY; THERAPY; TIME;

EID: 0034955471     PISSN: 1468215X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/mh.27.1.10     Document Type: Article

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