The sociology of medical screening : critical perspectives, new directions / / edited by Natalie Armstrong and Helen Eborall
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| Titolo: |
The sociology of medical screening : critical perspectives, new directions / / edited by Natalie Armstrong and Helen Eborall
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| Pubblicazione: | Chichester, West Sussex, U.K., : Wiley-Blackwell, 2012 |
| Edizione: | 2nd ed. |
| Descrizione fisica: | 1 online resource (164 pages) |
| Disciplina: | 306.461 |
| 362.196/04207 | |
| 362.19604207 | |
| Soggetto topico: | Social medicine |
| Medical screening | |
| Multiphasic health screening | |
| Human chromosome abnormalities - Diagnosis | |
| Altri autori: |
ArmstrongNatalie
EborallHelen
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| 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 |
| Titolo autorizzato: | The sociology of medical screening |
| ISBN: | 1-118-23437-5 |
| 1-280-77563-7 | |
| 9786613686022 | |
| 1-118-23436-7 | |
| 1-118-23435-9 | |
| 1-118-23438-3 | |
| Formato: | Materiale a stampa  |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione: | Inglese |
| Record Nr.: | 9910807227703321 |
| Lo trovi qui: | Univ. Federico II |
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Serie:
Sociology of health and illness monograph series.