Simon Dyson is Professor of Applied Sociology and Director of the Unit for the Social Study of Thalassaemia and Sickle Cell at De Montfort University, UK.

• Introduction 1. Sickle Cell and the Simplifications of Science 2. Why Genes are not "For" Sickle Cell 3. A Social History of Sickle Cell Part I: Sickle Cell and Malaria 4. A Social History of Sickle Cell Part II: Politics and Molecules 5. Sickle Cell and Athletes 6. Sickle Cell and Deaths in State Custody 7. Ethnicity and Sickle Cell 8. Genetic Carriers and Antenatal Screening 9. Newborn Screening 10. SCD and the Social Model of Disability 11. Sickle Cell and Social Policy: The Case of SCD and Schools Conclusion

Simon Dyson is Professor of Applied Sociology and Director of the Unit for the Social Study of Thalassaemia and Sickle Cell at De Montfort University, UK.

• Introduction 1. Sickle Cell and the Simplifications of Science 2. Why Genes are not "For" Sickle Cell 3. A Social History of Sickle Cell Part I: Sickle Cell and Malaria 4. A Social History of Sickle Cell Part II: Politics and Molecules 5. Sickle Cell and Athletes 6. Sickle Cell and Deaths in State Custody 7. Ethnicity and Sickle Cell 8. Genetic Carriers and Antenatal Screening 9. Newborn Screening 10. SCD and the Social Model of Disability 11. Sickle Cell and Social Policy: The Case of SCD and Schools Conclusion

Simon Dyson is Professor of Applied Sociology and Director of the Unit for the Social Study of Thalassaemia and Sickle Cell at De Montfort University, UK.

• Introduction 1. Sickle Cell and the Simplifications of Science 2. Why Genes are not "For" Sickle Cell 3. A Social History of Sickle Cell Part I: Sickle Cell and Malaria 4. A Social History of Sickle Cell Part II: Politics and Molecules 5. Sickle Cell and Athletes 6. Sickle Cell and Deaths in State Custody 7. Ethnicity and Sickle Cell 8. Genetic Carriers and Antenatal Screening 9. Newborn Screening 10. SCD and the Social Model of Disability 11. Sickle Cell and Social Policy: The Case of SCD and Schools Conclusion