Barbarians at the Gate: Consumer-Driven Health Data Commons and the
Transformation of Citizen Science
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Evans BJ
Am J Law Med
2016[Nov]; 42
(4
): 651-685
PMID29086656
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"The expression 'barbarians at the gate' was ? used by the Romans to describe
foreign attacks against their empire." (1) "[It] is often used in contemporary
English within a sarcastic, or ironic context, when speaking about a perceived
threat from a rival group of people, often deemed to be less capable or somehow
'primitive.'" (2).