Social Process and the Assessment of a New Imaging Technique
- 1 January 1993
- journal article
- review article
- Published by Cambridge University Press (CUP) in International Journal of Technology Assessment in Health Care
- Vol. 9 (3) , 335-345
- https://doi.org/10.1017/s0266462300004608
Abstract
Each group involved in the development of a new medical technology constantly assesses the value of the emergent technique in terms of the group’s own specific goals and conventions. The history of infrared thermography demonstrates the social nature of this assessment process.Keywords
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