Health Care Standards and the Politics of Singularities: Shifting In and Out of Context

Science Technology and Human Values

Volumn 37, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 307-331

  Moreira, Tiago ^a  

^a DURHAM UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

allegory; Alzheimer's disease; health care standards; human interest stories; politics of singularity

Indexed keywords

EID: 84863664905     PISSN: 01622439     EISSN: 15528251     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0162243911414921     Document Type: Review

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