Out of Sight: Problem Sequences and Epistemic Boundaries of Medical Know-How on Glaucoma

This paper analyses the process of knowledge growth in a branch of medical science. Our study of scientific advances in glaucoma research is organized in two parts. In the first we present a qualitative overview of the problem sequences that have characterized 150 years of medical research in ophthalmology. This is complemented in the second part by a network analysis of scientific publications and collaborations of the last 50 years....

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Year of publication:	2008
Authors:	Consoli, Davide ; Ramlogan, Ronnie
Institutions:	Manchester Business School
Subject:	Wissensmanagement \| Forschung und Entwicklung \| Innovation \| Gesundheitsökonomie \| health economics \| Medizin

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Extent:	399360 bytes 32 p. application/pdf
Series:	Manchester Business School - Research - Working Papers No. 524 (2007)
Type of publication:	Book / Working Paper
Language:	English
Classification:	D83 - Search, Learning, Information and Knowledge ; D85 - Network Formation ; I11 - Analysis of Health Care Markets ; O33 - Technological Change: Choices and Consequences; Diffusion Processes ; Operations research. Other aspects ; Business operations of other services ; Individual Working Papers, Preprints ; No country specification
Source:	USB Cologne (business full texts)

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