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S. Brucksch, K. Sasaki

Humans and Devices in
Medical Contexts
Case Studies from Japan

2021. XXIV, 324 p. 17 illus.

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Lifelong 40% discount for authors• Shows how the making and application of medical technologies
must be considered as a co-constitutive process of social andtechnical factors in the field of human-machine relations in the
medical context• First book to address such perspectives from a Japaneseperspective, facilitating a critical reflection on underlying
principles, unchallenged narratives, perceptions of societal values,and economic modes• Sheds new light on how the Japanese context intersects with themaking and application of medical technologies, and upon
potential factors that cause differences from their Euro-Americancounterparts“By comparing the use of medical devices between Japan and various other countries, this bookunderscores that even global technologies are not universal. This prompts the question how thedifferences traced best be used as sources of intellectual as well as practical inspiration.”
Annemarie Mol, co‐editor of On Other Terms: Interfering in Social Science English“Technology in medicine in Japan is a fascinating subject. From the triumph of hi‐tech and reliable
devices to the disaster of the nuclear accident at Fukushima, Japanese medical technology has
attracted the attention of scholars in humanities and social sciences, and this work marks a solid
starting point. Brucksch and Sasaki have collected twelve absorbing chapters and opened the door
to many disciplines as philosophy, history, and economics, as well as medicine and engineering.”
Akihito Suzuki, Professor of History, Keio University, Japan“This book is an important contribution to the interdisciplinary study of innovation, diffusion andevaluation of high‐tech medicine, including citizen’s experiences with radiation. The focus on Japan
illustrates the relevancy and richness of an approach that accounts for the socio‐historical, culturaland political situatedness of the relationship between humans and medical devices. The fascinatingcase studies of the Japanese locale remind us of the importance of breaking with a universalist
perspective that only addresses European and North‐American perspectives and taking their socio‐
cultural contexts for granted.”
Nelly Oudshoorn, Professor Emerita of Technology Dynamics and Healthcare, University of Twente“A remarkable collection of well researched essays from several disciplinary standpoints about how
the use of technology is shaped by culture, beliefs, politics, organizational interests and other social
factors in the medical field in Japan, e.g. radiation measurement and the controversies about brain
death, patient safety, as well as robots.”
John Campbell, Professor Emeritus of Political Science, University of Michigan