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14Taylorism, the European Science of Work, and the Quantified Self at WorkScience, Technology, and Human Values 42 (4): 600-621. 2017.While the Quantified Self has often been described as a contemporary iteration of Taylorism, this article argues that a more accurate comparison is to be made with what Anson Rabinbach has termed the “European Science of Work.” The European Science of Work sought to modify Taylor’s rigid and schematic understanding of the laboring body through the incorporation of insights drawn from the rich European tradition of physiological studies. This “softening” of Taylorist methods had the effect of pro…Read more
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106Attitudes to physician and family assisted suicide: results from a study of public attitudes in BritainJournal of Medical Ethics 28 (1): 52-52. 2002.Legalisation of assisted suicide presents a dilemma for society. This arises because of a lack of consensus regarding the precedence to be accorded freedom of choice versus the inviolability of human life. A combination of factors has served to throw this dilemma into sharper focus in recent times. These include population aging,1,2 increased openness regarding end-of-life care,3 development of patients' rights, and increasing secularisation and multiculturalism in society. Against this backdrop…Read more
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