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Record Nr.

UNINA9910141255103321

Titolo

The sociology of medical screening [[electronic resource] ] : critical perspectives, new directions / / edited by Natalie Armstrong and Helen Eborall

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Chichester, West Sussex, U.K., : Wiley-Blackwell, 2012

ISBN

1-118-23437-5

1-280-77563-7

9786613686022

1-118-23436-7

1-118-23435-9

1-118-23438-3

Edizione

[Second edition.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (164 pages)

Collana

Sociology of health & illness.

Altri autori (Persone)

ArmstrongNatalie

EborallHelen

Disciplina

306.461

362.196/04207

362.19604207

Soggetti

Social medicine

Medical screening

Multiphasic health screening

Human chromosome abnormalities - Diagnosis

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

"Originally published as v. 34, issue 2 of The sociology of health & illness"--t.p. verso.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

The Sociology of Medical Screening; Contents; Notes on Contributors; 1: The sociology of medical screening: past, present and future; 2: Screening: mapping medicine's temporal spaces; 3: The experience of risk as 'measured vulnerability': health screening and lay uses of numerical risk; 4: Expanded newborn screening: articulating the ontology of diseases with bridging work in the clinic; 5: Resisting the screening imperative: patienthood, populations and politics in prostate cancer detection technologies for the UK

Sommario/riassunto

The Sociology of Medical Screening: Critical Perspectives, New



Directions presents a series of readings that provide an up-to-date overview of the diverse sociological issues relating to population-based medical screening.Features new research data in most of the contributionsIncludes contributions from eminent sociologists such as David Armstrong, Stefan Timmermans, and Alison PilnickRepresents one of the only collections to specifically address the sociology of medical screening