Health, Technology and Society

This book celebrates and captures examples of the excellent scholarship that Palgrave's Health, Technology, and Society Series has published since 2006, and reflects on how the field has developed over this time. As a collection of readings drawn from twenty-two books, it is organized around five themes: Innovation, Responsibility, Locus of Care, Knowledge Production, and Regulation and Governance. Structured in this way, the book gives the reader a concise but nonetheless rich guide to the core issues and debates within the field. Complementing these narratives, the original authors have provided new reflection pieces on their texts and on their current work. This then is a book which in part looks back but also looks forward to emerging issues at the intersection of health, technology, and society. It uniquely encompasses and presents a range of expertise in a novel way that is both timely and accessible for students and others new to the field.

Revisits and updates cutting edge research published in the Health, Technology and Society book series across five interdisciplinary themes: locus of care, knowledge production, responsibility for health, innovation, regulation and governance Offers a leading resource for teaching undergraduate and postgraduate courses in the sociology of health, science and technology studies, and health policy Provides those new to the field with an overview of key texts and issues in a single volume Reflects on how the theoretical and methodological challenges of studying 'health, technology and society' have developed since 2006

Auteur

Andrew Webster is Professor in the Sociology of Science and Technology at the University of York, UK.
Sally Wyatt is Professor of Digital Cultures at Maastricht University in the Netherlands.

Contenu

1. Introduction.- 2. Innovation.- 3. Responsibility.- 4. Locus of Care.- 5. Knowledge Production.- 6. Regulation and Governance.