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Medical Dominance in the Australian Health System: The Case of the Bionic Ear
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The material for this paper is based on approximately 60 face-to-face interviews with specialist doctors, consumers, administrators, policy makers, various officials, researchers and company representatives. It is a case study of the development of the Australian Bionic Ear (or cochlear implant prosthesis) providing an analysis of the key social relationships within medicine - between doctors, scientists, consumers, government officials, industry representatives and others - which shape the development and implementation of new medical technologies.
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Collyer, Fran
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Publisher :  Explorations in Knowledge (University of Manchester) 11(1) 1994:1-12     Type :  journal article     Format :  91000 bytes, application/pdf    
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2006, 2006, 1994
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medical dominance, bionic ear, Australia
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