As individuals increasingly seek ways of accessing, understanding and sharing data about their own bodies, this book offers a critique of the popular claim that ‘more information’ equates to ‘better health’. In a study that redefines the public, academic and policy related debates around health, bodies, information and data, the authors consider the ways in which the phenomenon of self-diagnosis has created alternative worlds of knowledge and practises which are often at odds with professional medical advice. With a focus on data that concerns significant life changes, this book explores the potential challenges related to people’s changing relationships with traditional health systems as access to, and control over, data shifts.
Price: $74.95
Pages: 208
Publisher: Bristol University Press
Imprint: Bristol University Press
Publication Date:
24 August 2019
ISBN: 9781529207507
Format: Hardcover
BISACs:
MEDICAL / Allied Health Services / Medical Technology, Sociology, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Sociology / General, HEALTH & FITNESS / Healthy Living & Personal Hygiene, Health systems and services
Celia Roberts is a Professor of Gender and Science Studies in the Department of Sociology at Lancaster University.
Adrian Mackenzie is a Professor of Technological Cultures in the Department of Sociology at Lancaster University.
Maggie Mort is a Professor of Sociology in the Department of Sociology at Lancaster University. She is also the Coordinator of the EC Horizon 2020 project, CUIDAR: Cultures of Disaster Resilience among children and young people.
Introduction: What Does Biosensing Do?
Fertility Biosensing
Biosensing Stress
Platform Biosensing and Post- Genomic Relatedness
Biosensing in Old Age
Conclusion: What Might Biosensing Do?
