Movement of Knowledge : Medical Humanities Perspectives on Medicine, Science, and Experience

• Autore: Hansson Kristofer <1976->
• Pubblicazione: Havertown : , : Nordic Academic Press, Sweden, , 2020; ©2020
• Edizione: 1st ed.
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource
• Soggetto topico: Humanities; Medicine and the humanities; Ethics, Medical
• Altri autori: IrwinRachel
• Nota di contenuto: Cover -- Contents -- Preface -- Introduction: Movement of knowledge -- I Medical knowledge and the political -- 1. Prenatal diagnosis -- 2. The objects of global health policy -- II Circulating and sharing medical knowledge -- 3. Sharing knowledge -- 4. Press releases as medical knowledge -- III Co-creation of medical knowledge -- 5. The ethical tool of informed consent -- 6. The co-creation of situated knowledge -- IV Knowledge in everyday experience -- 7. A number in circulation -- 8. Knowledge worlds apart -- 9. Medicines in the grey market -- List of abbreviations -- About the authors.
• Sommario/riassunto: Medical knowledge is always in motion. It moves from the lab to the office, from a press release to a patient, from an academic journal to a civil servant's desk and then on to a policymaker. These movements matter: value judgements on the validity of certain forms of knowledge determine the direction of clinical research, and policy decisions are taken in relation to existing knowledge. The complexity of medical information and its wider effects is the focus of Movement of knowledge. The authors address the pervasive influence of knowledge in medical and public health settings and scrutinize a range of methodological and theoretical tools to study knowledge. They take a multidisciplinary approach to the medical humanities, presenting both contemporary and historical perspectives in order to explore the borderlands between expertise and common knowledge. Medical knowledge is deconstructed, reconstructed, and transformed as it moves between patients, health providers, and society at large. The acceptance or rejection of treatment protocols based on medical 'facts' has a fundamental impact on us all.
• Titolo autorizzato: Movement of Knowledge
• ISBN: 9789188909350; 9188909352
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910494572903321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II