Maggie Mort is a sociologist of science and technology. She is Senior Lecturer and Director of Postgraduate Research at the Institute for Health Research and Co-Director of the Centre for Science Studies, Lancaster University, UK. Christine Milligan, Institute for Health Research, Lancaster University, UK. Celia Roberts, Dept. of Sociology, Lancaster University, UK ingunn Moser is director of research on Science, Technology and Culture in the Centre for Technology, Innovation and Culture at the University of Oslo, Norway.