Health, technology and society : A sociological critique / Andrew Webster
Imprint
New York : Palgrave Macmillan, 2007
Descript
viii, 213 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.
CONTENT
Understanding innovative health technologies. -- The dynamics of biomedical innovation. -- Corporate health, markets and regulation. -- Body, identiry and the meaning of health. -- Managing and governing new health technologies. -- The contested sick role. -- Conclusion : Novel technologies, new social relations?