Myriam Hivon

Datos Biográficos

ID281707
NOMBREMyriam Hivon
NOMBRESMyriam
APELLIDOHivon
FIRMAHIVON M
AFILIACIONESUniversité de Montréal
VERIFICADONo
TOTAL DE OBRAS5
TOTAL DE CITAS9
TOTAL COMO AUTOR5
TOTAL COMO EDITOR0
PRIMER AÑO DE PUBLICACIÓN2008
AÑO MÁS RECIENTE DE PUBLICACIÓN2014
ÍNDICE H2

  • How do values shape technology design? An exploration of what makes the pursuit of health and wealth legitimate in academic spin-offs

    Open AccessP Lehoux, Geneviève Daudelin et al.ARTICLESociology of Health & Illness2014Citada por: 3Referencias: 7

    By actively supporting cooperation between academia, clinical settings and industry, several policy initiatives assume that the two policy agendas of health and wealth can be reconciled through the development of health technology. Our goal in this article is to shed light on the way the concurrent pursuit of health and wealth operates in practice by examining the valuation schemes, actions and decisions that shaped technology development in thre…

  • Épistémologies civiles et institutionnalisation de trois technologies médicales controversées

    P Lehoux, Myriam Hivon et al.ARTICLESociologie et sociétés2011Referencias: 22

    Les nouvelles technologies médicales suscitent régulièrement des controverses scientifiques et sociales. Pour alimenter l'opinion publique, les journalistes utilisent plusieurs sources, incluant des médecins et des associations de patients qui font valoir divers arguments scientifiques, cliniques, sociaux ou fondés sur des histoires vécues. Dans un tel espace de délibération politique, où la science, la clinique et les trajectoires de vies person…

  • Marginal voices in the media coverage of controversial health interventions

    Open AccessMyriam Hivon, P Lehoux et al.ARTICLEPublic Understanding of Science2010

    While the media are a significant source of information for the public on science and technology, journalists are often accused of providing only a partial picture by neglecting the points of view of vulnerable stakeholders. This paper analyzes the press coverage of four controversial health interventions in order to uncover what voices are treated marginally in the media and what the relative contributions of these voices are to the stories bein…

  • How medical specialists appraise three controversial health innovations

    Open AccessP Lehoux, J L Denis et al.ARTICLESociology of Health & Illness2010Citada por: 6Referencias: 15

    Medical specialists play a pivotal role in health innovation evaluation and policy making. Their influence derives not only from their expertise, but also from their social status and the power of their professional organisations. Little is known, however, about how medical specialists determine what makes a health innovation desirable and why. Our qualitative study investigated the views of 28 medical specialists and experts from Quebec and Onta…

  • Health Technology Assessment in the Canadian Health Policy Arena

    Open AccessP Lehoux, Myriam Hivon et al.ARTICLEEvaluation2008Referencias: 3

    This article uses a sociopolitical perspective to analyse the results of a case study of six Canadian Health Technology Assessment (HTA) agencies and their stakeholders: health care administrators, provider associations, patient associations and the biomedical industry. A total of 40 HTA agency representatives and 46 stakeholders were interviewed.A self-administered survey was also filled out by a larger number of respondents belonging to the fou…