Self, agency and the surgical collective: Detachment

Sociology of Health and Illness

Volumn 26, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 32-49

  Moreira, Tiago E ^a  

^a NEWCASTLE UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Actor network theory; Agency; Recovery; Self; Surgery; Surgical

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; HUMAN; MEDICAL PRACTICE; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; REHABILITATION MEDICINE; SCIENCE; SELF CONCEPT; SURGERY; TECHNOLOGY; THEORY;

EID: 1642445555     PISSN: 01419889     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-9566.2004.00377.x     Document Type: Article

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