Prosthetic surveillance: The medical governance of healthy bodies in cyberspace

Surveillance and Society

Volumn 6, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 163-177

  Rich, Emma ^a   Miah, Andy ^b  

^a LOUGHBOROUGH UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF THE WEST OF SCOTLAND   (United Kingdom)

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EID: 84994253557     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14777487     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.24908/ss.v6i2.3256     Document Type: Article

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