Obstetric ultrasound and the technological mediation of morality: A postphenomenological analysis

Human Studies

Volumn 31, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 11-26

  Verbeek, Peter Paul ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TWENTE   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Ethics of technology; Michel foucault; Obstetric ultrasound; Philosophy of technology; Postphenomenology

Indexed keywords

EID: 39149118883     PISSN: 01638548     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10746-007-9079-0     Document Type: Article

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