Beyond scientific controversies: Scientific counterpublics, countervailing industries, and undone science

The Public Shaping of Medical Research: Patient Associations, Health Movements and Biomedicine

Volumn , Issue , 2014, Pages 151-171

  Hess, David J ^a  

^a VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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DOI: 10.4324/9781315741871     Document Type: Chapter

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