The medicalization of science news - From the "rocket-scalpel" to the "gene-meteorite" complex

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Volumn 37, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 731-751

  Bauer, Martin ^a  

^a LONDON SCHOOL OF ECONOMICS   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Longitudinal content analysis; Medicalization; Public understanding of science; Resistance; Science news; Social representations

Indexed keywords

EID: 0039392090     PISSN: 05390184     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/053901898037004009     Document Type: Article

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