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The microphysics of accountability.

Accountability in research - 1 May 2011

Wieser Bernhard

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How is it possible to deploy the law to create and perform accountability? To answer this question, I address the argumentative function of the law in order to legitimize genetic medicine. Using interview data, I will in particular elaborate on how medical experts strive to convince interviewing social scientists that their own professional action is above all ethical reproach. For this purpose, medical experts...

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PMID: 21574072
DOI: 10.1080/08989621.2011.575034

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