Humans and Devices in Medical Contexts
Sasaki, Kaori / Brucksch, Susanne This book explores the ways in which socio-technical settings in medical contexts find varying articulations in a specific locale. Focusing on Japan, it consists of nine case studies on topics concerning: experiences with radiation in Hiroshima, Nagasaki, and Fukushima, patient security, end-of-life and high-tech medicine in hospitals, innovation and diffusion of medical technology, and the engineering and evaluating of novel devices in clinic...