The effects of local context on the development of obstetric ultrasound scanning in two scottish hospitals

Innovations in Health and Medicine: Diffusion and Resistance in the Twentieth Century

Volumn , Issue , 2012, Pages 21-36

  Nicholson, Debbie ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF THE WEST OF SCOTLAND   (United Kingdom)

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EID: 34548862982     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.4324/9780203471517     Document Type: Chapter

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