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The Role of Information Systems in the United Kingdom National Health Service: Action at a Distance and the Fetish of Calculation

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The Role of Information Systems in the United Kingdom National Health Service: Action at a Distance and the Fetish of Calculation. / Bloomfield, Brian.
In: Social Studies of Science, Vol. 21, No. 4, 11.1991, p. 701-734.

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Bloomfield, B 1991, 'The Role of Information Systems in the United Kingdom National Health Service: Action at a Distance and the Fetish of Calculation', Social Studies of Science, vol. 21, no. 4, pp. 701-734. https://doi.org/10.1177/030631291021004004

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Bloomfield, B. (1991). The Role of Information Systems in the United Kingdom National Health Service: Action at a Distance and the Fetish of Calculation. Social Studies of Science, 21(4), 701-734. https://doi.org/10.1177/030631291021004004

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Bloomfield B. The Role of Information Systems in the United Kingdom National Health Service: Action at a Distance and the Fetish of Calculation. Social Studies of Science. 1991 Nov;21(4):701-734. doi: 10.1177/030631291021004004

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Bloomfield, Brian. / The Role of Information Systems in the United Kingdom National Health Service: Action at a Distance and the Fetish of Calculation. In: Social Studies of Science. 1991 ; Vol. 21, No. 4. pp. 701-734.

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