{"product_id":"the-sociology-of-medical-screening-isbn-9781118231784","title":"The Sociology of Medical Screening","description":"\u003ci\u003eThe Sociology of Medical Screening: Critical Perspectives, New Directions\u003c\/i\u003e presents a series of readings that provide an up-to-date overview of the diverse sociological issues relating to population-based medical screening.  \u003cul\u003e \u003cli\u003eFeatures new research data in most of the contributions\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eIncludes contributions from eminent sociologists such as David Armstrong, Stefan Timmermans, and Alison Pilnick\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eRepresents one of the only collections to specifically address the sociology of medical screening\u003c\/li\u003e \u003c\/ul\u003e  \u003cp\u003eNotes on Contributors vii\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e1 The sociology of medical screening: past, present and future 1\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eNatalie Armstrong and Helen Eborall\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e2 Screening: mapping medicine’s temporal spaces 17\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eDavid Armstrong\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e3 The experience of risk as ‘measured vulnerability’: health screening and lay uses of numerical risk 33\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eChris Gillespie\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e4 Expanded newborn screening: articulating the ontology of diseases with bridging work in the clinic 47\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eStefan Timmermans and Mara Buchbinder\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e5 Resisting the screening imperative: patienthood, populations and politics in prostate cancer detection technologies for the UK 60\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eAlex Faulkner\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e6 A molecular monopoly? HPV testing, the Pap smear and the molecularisation of cervical cancer screening in the USA 73\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eStuart Hogarth, Michael M. Hopkins and Victor Rodriguez\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e7 Blind spots and adverse conditions of care: screening migrants for tuberculosis in France and Germany 90\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eJanina Kehr\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e8 ‘Let’s have it tested first’: choice and circumstances in decision-making following positive antenatal screening in Hong Kong 105\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eAlison Pilnick and Olga Zayts\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e9 Representing and intervening: ‘doing’ good care in fi rst trimester prenatal knowledge production and decision-making 121\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eNete Schwennesen and Lene Koch\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e10 ‘Wakey wakey baby’: narrating four-dimensional (4D) bonding scans 136\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eJulie Roberts\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eIndex 151\u003c\/p\u003e  \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eNatalie Armstrong\u003c\/b\u003e is lecturer in Social Science Applied to Health at the University of Leicester. A medical sociologist, Dr. Armstrong has previously held research posts at the University of Warwick and the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eHelen Eborall\u003c\/b\u003e is lecturer in Social Science Applied to Health at the University of Leicester, having previously worked as a research fellow at the University of Cambridge.\u003c\/p\u003e  \u003cp\u003eAs advancements in technology make it possible to screen for an increasing number of medical conditions, this key strategy of preventive medicine raises fundamental issues for sociological inquiry. This has provoked a need for a cohesive and well-developed sociology of medical screening. \u003ci\u003eThe Sociology of Medical Screening: Critical Perspectives, New Directions\u003c\/i\u003e presents an authoritative and up-to-date overview of the diverse sociological issues relating to population-based medical screening. The Editors' introductory chapter identifies the salient sociological questions pertinent to medical screening, reflects on the sociology of screening to date and sociology's potential contribution to wider debates about screening, and finally presents possible future research directions. The next chapter presents a genealogy of screening and serves as an interesting accompaniment. Subsequent chapters present a collection of exciting new works that examine and demonstrate current sociological concerns from a variety of theoretical and methodological approaches. \u003ci\u003eThe Sociology of Medical Screening\u003c\/i\u003e offers timely and important insights into the complex and myriad social implications of screening in the modern age.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Wiley-Blackwell","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47990343991525,"sku":"NP9781118231784","price":41.5,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1842\/7735\/files\/9781118231784.jpg?v=1761787439","url":"https:\/\/k12savings.com\/products\/the-sociology-of-medical-screening-isbn-9781118231784","provider":"K12savings","version":"1.0","type":"link"}