Conceptualising Surgical Innovation: An Eliminativist Proposal

Health Care Analysis

Volumn 28, Issue 1, 2020, Pages 73-97

  Birchley, Giles ^a   Ives, Jonathan ^a   Huxtable, Richard ^a   Blazeby, Jane ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRISTOL   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BRISTOL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Conceptualisation; Ethics; Governance; IDEAL framework; Research; Surgical innovation

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; ATTENTION; DRIVER; ETHICS; HUMAN; SCIENTIST; CONCEPT FORMATION; MASS COMMUNICATION; SURGERY;

CONCEPT FORMATION; DIFFUSION OF INNOVATION; HUMANS; SURGICAL PROCEDURES, OPERATIVE;

EID: 85069524152     PISSN: 10653058     EISSN: 15733394     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10728-019-00380-y     Document Type: Article

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