Living Data

Making Sense of Health Biosensing
1. Auflage 2019
ISBN: 978-1-5292-0750-7
Verlag: Bristol University Press

Buch, Englisch, 208 Seiten, Format (B × H): 130 mm x 201 mm, Gewicht: 340 g

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.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Roberts, Celia

Mackenzie, Adrian

Mort, Maggie

Fachgebiete

• Sozialwissenschaften Soziologie | Soziale Arbeit Soziologie Allgemein
• Medizin | Veterinärmedizin Medizin | Public Health | Pharmazie | Zahnmedizin Medizin, Gesundheitswesen Gesundheitssystem, Gesundheitswesen

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Introduction: What Does Biosensing Do?

Fertility Biosensing

Biosensing Stress

Platform Biosensing and Post- Genomic Relatedness

Biosensing in Old Age

Conclusion: What Might Biosensing Do?

Über Autor(innen)

Roberts, Celia
Celia Roberts is Professor at Australian National University.

Mort, Maggie
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.

Mackenzie, Adrian
Adrian Mackenzie is Professor of Sociology at the Australian National University.

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.