Quantified Lives and Vital Data

Such relationships are increasingly mediated through particular medical technologies, drawn together by the authors as 'personal medical devices' (PMDs) - devices that are attached to, worn by, interacted with, or carried by individuals for the purposes of generating biomedical data and carrying out medical interventions on the person concerned.

Astfel de relatii sunt mediatizate din ce in ce mai mult prin tehnologii medicale specifice, unite de autori ca „dispozitive medicale personale” (PMD) - dispozitive care sunt atasate, purtate de, interactionate cu sau purtate de indivizi in scopul generarii de date biomedicale si de transport interventii medicale asupra persoanei in cauza.