Introduction – Bodies on Trial: Performances and Politics in Medicine and Biology

Body & Society

Volumn 10, Issue 2-3, 2004, Pages 1-12

  Berg, Marc ^a   Akrich, Madeleine ^b  

^a CENTRE DE SOCIOLOGIE DE L INNOVATION   (France)

^b ERASMUS UNIVERSITY ROTTERDAM   (Netherlands)

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EID: 33746274191     PISSN: 1357034X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1357034X04042929     Document Type: Article

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