Out of sight: Problem sequences and epistemic boundaries of medical know-how on glaucoma

Journal of Evolutionary Economics

Volumn 18, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 31-56

  Consoli, Davide ^a   Ramlogan, Ronnie ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Growth of knowledge; Innovation; Medicine; Problem sequences

Indexed keywords

EID: 38349111426     PISSN: 09369937     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00191-007-0074-4     Document Type: Article

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