The technological invention of disease

The technological invention of disease.

Technology has come to play a profound role in medicine since the middle of the 19th century, and many scholars have analysed the role of technology in medicine. Parallel to this development there has been a comprehensive debate on the concept of disease. This article combines these fields and investigates the influence of technology on the concept of disease. With reference to the literature i...

The technological invention of disease and the decline of autopsies.

The medical literature has shown some concern about the steady decrease in the number of autopsies that are being performed, a well documented phenomenon in Europe, the United States and Latin America, including Brazil. This fall is evident even in countries where the procedure is mandatory, like Hungary. The frequency of autopsies performed at Hospital das Clínicas (HC), Faculdade de Medicina ...

Creative Combination of Representations Scientifi c Discovery and Technological Invention

Human creativity operates in many domains, including scienti! c discovery, technological invention, artistic imagination, and social innovation. What are the cognitive processes that produce these creative results? Are there psychological mechanisms common to such diverse products of creativity as Darwin’s theory of evolution, Edison’s lightbulb, van Gogh’s paintings of sun" owers, and Bismarck...

Is the Internet a U . S . Invention ? – An Economic and Technological History of Computer Networking

Although the inventions embodied in the Internet originated in a diverse set of industrial economies, the United States led in the development and deployment of the Internet and its commercial applications. Why did other nations, including several that made important inventive contributions to the Internet, not play a larger role in its development, particularly in the creation of new business ...

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