Sustaining cyborgs: Sensing and tuning agencies of pacemakers and implantable cardioverter defibrillators

Social Studies of Science

Volumn 45, Issue 1, 2015, Pages 56-76

  Oudshoorn, Nelly ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TWENTE   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

agency; cyborgs; enhancement technologies; hybrid bodies; ICDs; pacemakers

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ANIMAL; ARTIFICIAL HEART PACEMAKER; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN RELATION; IMPLANTABLE CARDIOVERTER DEFIBRILLATOR; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NETHERLANDS; OUTPATIENT; PHYSICIAN ASSISTANT; PSYCHOLOGY; QUESTIONNAIRE; VERY ELDERLY; YOUNG ADULT;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANIMALS; DEFIBRILLATORS, IMPLANTABLE; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NETHERLANDS; OUTPATIENTS; PACEMAKER, ARTIFICIAL; PHYSICIAN ASSISTANTS; PROFESSIONAL-PATIENT RELATIONS; QUESTIONNAIRES; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84921038401     PISSN: 03063127     EISSN: 14603659     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0306312714557377     Document Type: Article

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