Nora Machado
Biographic Data
| ID | 781290 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Nora Machado |
| GIVEN NAMES | Nora |
| FAMILY NAME | Machado |
| SIGNATURE | MACHADO N |
| AFFILIATIONS | Iscte – Instituto Universitário de Lisboa |
| ORCID | 0000-0002-0759-8792 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 6 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 15 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 6 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1996 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2021 |
| H-INDEX | 2 |
Sociological game theory
This article presents two sociological theories, alternatives to classical game theory. These social science-based game theories discussed here present reformulations of classical game theory in applied mathematics (CGT). These theories offer an important advance to classical game theory, thanks to the application of central concepts in sociology and social psychology, as well as the results of empirical analyses of individual and collective beha…
Using the Bodies of the Dead
First published in 1998, this unique, timely book applies sociological concepts and analysis to the study of organ transplantation and related medical phenomena. It provides comparisons between differing transplantation systems and examines the ethical issues of organ transplantation, organ donation and recipient selection. The author presents rich empirical materials and fertile theory with which to better understand a number of the current prob…
Discretionary Death
The author examines a major shift in the conceptualization and practices relating to death and dying in Western and other societies with advanced medicine. This shift is the result of socio-technical and cultural developments characterized by but not limited to the routine widespread application of life support technologies in the hospital together with notions of increased patient rights. It has resulted in a class of end-of-life situations, whi…
The New Genetics
Nora Machado, Tom R. Burns, The New Genetics: A Social Science and Humanities Research Agenda, The Canadian Journal of Sociology / Cahiers canadiens de sociologie, Vol. 25, No. 4 (Autumn, 2000), pp. 495-506
Complex Social Organization
This article conceptualizes and analyses a type of complex social organization consisting of heterogeneous organizing modes and social relationships, combining, for instance, relationships making up markets and hierarchies as well as various types of informal networks. Each mode is constituted and regulated on the basis of a system of social rules making up a particular normative order and operates in terms of its own particular rationality or so…
The Swedish Transplant Acts
Complex Social Organization
This article conceptualizes and analyses a type of complex social organization consisting of heterogeneous organizing modes and social relationships, combining, for instance, relationships making up markets and hierarchies as well as various types of informal networks. Each mode is constituted and regulated on the basis of a system of social rules making up a particular normative order and operates in terms of its own particular rationality or so…
The Swedish Transplant Acts
Discretionary Death
The author examines a major shift in the conceptualization and practices relating to death and dying in Western and other societies with advanced medicine. This shift is the result of socio-technical and cultural developments characterized by but not limited to the routine widespread application of life support technologies in the hospital together with notions of increased patient rights. It has resulted in a class of end-of-life situations, whi…
The New Genetics
Nora Machado, Tom R. Burns, The New Genetics: A Social Science and Humanities Research Agenda, The Canadian Journal of Sociology / Cahiers canadiens de sociologie, Vol. 25, No. 4 (Autumn, 2000), pp. 495-506
The Swedish Transplant Acts
Complex Social Organization
This article conceptualizes and analyses a type of complex social organization consisting of heterogeneous organizing modes and social relationships, combining, for instance, relationships making up markets and hierarchies as well as various types of informal networks. Each mode is constituted and regulated on the basis of a system of social rules making up a particular normative order and operates in terms of its own particular rationality or so…
The New Genetics
Nora Machado, Tom R. Burns, The New Genetics: A Social Science and Humanities Research Agenda, The Canadian Journal of Sociology / Cahiers canadiens de sociologie, Vol. 25, No. 4 (Autumn, 2000), pp. 495-506
Discretionary Death
The author examines a major shift in the conceptualization and practices relating to death and dying in Western and other societies with advanced medicine. This shift is the result of socio-technical and cultural developments characterized by but not limited to the routine widespread application of life support technologies in the hospital together with notions of increased patient rights. It has resulted in a class of end-of-life situations, whi…
Using the Bodies of the Dead
First published in 1998, this unique, timely book applies sociological concepts and analysis to the study of organ transplantation and related medical phenomena. It provides comparisons between differing transplantation systems and examines the ethical issues of organ transplantation, organ donation and recipient selection. The author presents rich empirical materials and fertile theory with which to better understand a number of the current prob…
Sociological game theory
This article presents two sociological theories, alternatives to classical game theory. These social science-based game theories discussed here present reformulations of classical game theory in applied mathematics (CGT). These theories offer an important advance to classical game theory, thanks to the application of central concepts in sociology and social psychology, as well as the results of empirical analyses of individual and collective beha…
Sociology (5 works) · Computer Science (4 works) · Epistemology (4 works) · Law (3 works) · Political science (3 works) · Social science (3 works) · Ethics in medical practice (2 works) · Law (2 works) · Law and economics (2 works) · Normative (2 works)