Medical Technology into Healthcare and Society

ALEX FAULKNER is Senior Research Fellow, Institute of Society, Health and Ethics, School of Social Sciences, Cardiff University, UK.

• Preface Innovation, Evidence and Governance of Medical Technology Approaching Technology The World of Medical Devices Artificial Hips: The Surveillance of Success The PSA Test for Prostate Cancer: Risk Constructs Governance? Infusion Pumps: Usership and the Governance of Error Coagulometers: Healthcare Governance at Home Device or Drug? Governation of Tissue-engineering Devising Healthcare and Society Notes Bibliography Index

'Faulkner has...given us a broad-ranging scholarly analysis of a topic that will never cease to fascinate and challenge modern societies...[the] book brings a significant contribution to the current literature on health technology and society' - Sociology of Health and Illness