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Nik Brown - New Medical Technologies and Society: Reordering Life - 9780745627243 - V9780745627243
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New Medical Technologies and Society: Reordering Life

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Description for New Medical Technologies and Society: Reordering Life Paperback. New medical technologies are increasingly at the centre of novel transformations in the human and social body. Whilst reproduction, health, ageing and dying have long been areas for technical intervention, the emergence of molecular biology and information technology raise far--reaching political, social and subjective questions. Num Pages: 232 pages, 0. BIC Classification: JH; MB; PDR. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 155 x 230 x 21. Weight in Grams: 346.
New medical technologies are increasingly at the centre of novel transformations in the human and social body. Whilst reproduction, health, ageing and dying have long been areas for technical intervention, the emergence of molecular biology and information technology raise far-reaching political, social and subjective questions.

New Medical Technologies and Society provides a critical introduction to the role and cultural significance of technological innovation in redefining the boundaries of medicine and the body, tracing this process through the figure of "the lifecourse". Drawing on approaches from sociology and Science and Technology Studies, the authors explore key issues, theories and debates ... Read more

The book will be essential reading for both students and scholars of the sociology of science and technology, medical sociology, social theory, genetics and informatics.

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Product Details

Format
Paperback
Publication date
2004
Publisher
John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
232
Condition
New
Number of Pages
232
Place of Publication
Oxford, United Kingdom
ISBN
9780745627243
SKU
V9780745627243
Shipping Time
Usually ships in 7 to 11 working days
Ref
99-13

About Nik Brown
Nik Brown is Research Fellow and Deputy Director of the Science and Technology Studies Unit (SATSU), University of York. Andrew Webster is Professor in the Sociology of Science and Director of the Science and Technology Studies Unit (SATSU), University of York

Reviews for New Medical Technologies and Society: Reordering Life
‘This is a timely analysis of the ways in which contemporary medical technologies are reshaping the human lifecourse, and indeed our very ideas of life and death. While pointing to the spirals of expectation and disappointment that run through all these developments, Brown and Webster show that new forms of life are being generated in which human vitality is enmeshed ... Read more

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