New Medical Technologies and Society

Author: Nik Brown
Edition: 1
Binding: Paperback
ISBN: 0745627242
Category: Medical

New Medical Technologies and Society: Reordering Life

New medical technologies are increasingly at the centre of novel transformations in the human and social body. Download New Medical Technologies and Society medical books for free.
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 at the junctures of bodies and Get New Medical Technologies and Society our bestseller medical books.

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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 Drawing on approaches from sociology and Science and Technology Studies, the authors explore key issues, theories and debates at the junctures of bodies and

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