Occupational divisions of labor and their technology politics: The case of surgical scopes and gastrointestinal medicine

Social Forces

Volumn 79, Issue 4, 2001, Pages 1495-1520

  Zetka Jr , James R ^a,b  

^a The University   (United States)

^b STATE UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK   (United States)

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EID: 0035532954     PISSN: 00377732     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1353/sof.2001.0056     Document Type: Article

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