| Biomedicine as Culture: Instrumental Practices, Technoscientific Knowledge, and New Modes of Life Contributor(s): Burri, Regula Valérie (Editor), Dumit, Joseph (Editor) |
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ISBN: 0415883172 ISBN-13: 9780415883177 Publisher: Routledge OUR PRICE: $52.20 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: June 2010 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Medical | Ethics - Science - Medical | Family & General Practice |
| Dewey: 610.28 |
| Series: Routledge Studies in Science, Technology and Society |
| Physical Information: 0.55" H x 5.98" W x 9.02" (0.78 lbs) 260 pages |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: This volume offers interdisciplinary perspectives on contemporary biomedicine as a cultural practice. It brings together leading scholars from cultural anthropology, sociology, history, and science studies to conduct a critical dialogue on the culture(s) of biomedical practice, discussing its epistemic, material, and social implications. The essays look at the ways new biomedical knowledge is constructed within hospitals and academic settings and at how this knowledge changes perceptions, material arrangements, and social relations, not only within clinics and scientific communities, but especially once it is diffused into a broader cultural context. |