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How medical specialists appraise three controversial health innovations: scientific, clinical and social arguments

  1. Pascale Lehoux1,
  2. Jean-Louis Denis1,
  3. Melanie Rock2,
  4. Myriam Hivon3,
  5. Stephanie Tailliez3

Article first published online: 3 DEC 2009

DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-9566.2009.01192.x

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Sociology of Health & Illness

Sociology of Health & Illness

Volume 32, Issue 1, pages 123–139, January 2010

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Lehoux, P., Denis, J.-L., Rock, M., Hivon, M. and Tailliez, S. (2010), How medical specialists appraise three controversial health innovations: scientific, clinical and social arguments. Sociology of Health & Illness, 32: 123–139. doi: 10.1111/j.1467-9566.2009.01192.x

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  1. 1

    Department of Health Administration, University of Montreal, Canada

  2. 2

    Faculty of Medicine, Department of Community Health Sciences, and Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, Department of Ecosystem and Public Health, University of Calgary, Canada

  3. 3

    Interdisciplinary Health Research Group (GRIS), University of Montreal, Canada

*Address for correspondence: Pascale Lehoux, Department of Health Administration, University of Montreal, PO Box 6128, Branch ‘Centre-ville’, Montreal, Quebec, H3C 3J7, Canada e-mail:pascale.lehoux@umontreal.ca

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  1. Issue published online: 25 JAN 2010
  2. Article first published online: 3 DEC 2009

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