Based on Quigley M, Downey L, & Hatherall L., ‘Living in a Material World? Regulatory Challenges of Software as a Medical Device‘ (2026) Legal Studies: 1-20. This post was originally published on Birmingham Law School Research and Scholarship Blog and is cross-posted here. we discuss how the rise of software as a medical device challenges … Continue reading “The Unbearable Lightness of Being Intangible: Regulating Software as a Medical Device”
Author: Muireann Quigley
What if life-critical medical technology was treated as a shared resource?
Based on O’Donnell, S. & Quigley, M ‘Transformations in Diabetes Care: Lessons From Commons-Based, Peer-Produced Citizen Science‘ in Sociology of Health & Illness (2026) 48(2): e70140. What if life-critical medical technology was treated as a shared resource—created and collectively governed by the patients who rely on it? In an article, recently published in Sociology … Continue reading “What if life-critical medical technology was treated as a shared resource?”