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23 produkter
Spare Parts
Organ Replacement in American Society
Av Renee C. Fox, Judith P. Swazey
Inbunden, 1992
1563 kr
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Spare Parts centres on the developments that have occurred in the field of organ transplantation during the 1980s and early 1990s, and on the rise and fall of the Jarvik-7 artificial heart in that period. It is vividly written in a narrative ethnographic style. The interconnected stories of organ …
Observing Bioethics
Av Renée C Fox, Judith P Swazey
Inbunden, 2008
1170 kr
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Based on original primary and extensive secondary source materials, the book views bioethics as a complex phenomenon that is not only related to advances in modern biology, medicine, and biotechnology, but also to the fundamental values and beliefs and larger moral and existential questions which …
Observing Bioethics
Av Judith P. Swazey, Renee C. Fox
E-bok, 2008
661 kr
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Observing Bioethics examines the history of bioethics as a discipline related not only to modern biology, medicine, and biotechnology, but also to the core values and beliefs of American society and its courts, legislatures, and media. The book is written from the perspective of two social …
Observing Bioethics
Av Judith P. Swazey, Renee C. Fox
E-bok, 2008
661 kr
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Observing Bioethics examines the history of bioethics as a discipline related not only to modern biology, medicine, and biotechnology, but also to the core values and beliefs of American society and its courts, legislatures, and media. The book is written from the perspective of two social …
Experiment Perilous
Physicians and Patients Facing the Unknown
Av Renee C. Fox
E-bok, 2020
890 kr
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"This is a brilliant work of lasting value to both sociology and anthropology by a person combining the talent of keen observer with the highest level of theoretical sophistication. . . a major contribution to our understanding of the nature and structure of a significant social situation."--David …
Experiment Perilous
Physicians and Patients Facing the Unknown
Av Renee C. Fox
E-bok, 2020
890 kr
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"This is a brilliant work of lasting value to both sociology and anthropology by a person combining the talent of keen observer with the highest level of theoretical sophistication. . . a major contribution to our understanding of the nature and structure of a significant social situation."--David …
Experiment Perilous
Physicians and Patients Facing the Unknown
Av Renee C. Fox
Inbunden, 2024
2195 kr
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"This is a brilliant work of lasting value to both sociology and anthropology by a person combining the talent of keen observer with the highest level of theoretical sophistication. . . a major contribution to our understanding of the nature and structure of a significant social situation."--David …
Spare Parts
Organ Replacement in American Society
Inbunden, 2017
2510 kr
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Spare Parts examines major developments in the field of organ replacement that occurred in the United States over the course of the 1980s and the beginning of the 1990s. It focuses upon significant medical and social changes in the transplantation of human organs and on the development and clinical …
Stalking Sociologists
J. Edgar Hoover''s FBI Surveillance of American Sociology
Av Renee C. Fox
E-bok, 2017
935 kr
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Until recent years, the Federal Bureau of Investigation enjoyed an exalted reputation as America''s premier crime-fighting organization. However, it is now common knowledge that the FBI and its long-time director, J. Edgar Hoover, were responsible for the creation of a massive internal security …
Stalking Sociologists
J. Edgar Hoover''s FBI Surveillance of American Sociology
Av Renee C. Fox
E-bok, 2017
935 kr
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Until recent years, the Federal Bureau of Investigation enjoyed an exalted reputation as America''s premier crime-fighting organization. However, it is now common knowledge that the FBI and its long-time director, J. Edgar Hoover, were responsible for the creation of a massive internal security …
Spare Parts
Organ Replacement in American Society
E-bok, 2017
803 kr
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Spare Parts examines major developments in the field of organ replacement that occurred in the United States over the course of the 1980s and the beginning of the 1990s. It focuses upon significant medical and social changes in the transplantation of human organs and on the development and clinical …
Spare Parts
Organ Replacement in American Society
E-bok, 2017
803 kr
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Spare Parts examines major developments in the field of organ replacement that occurred in the United States over the course of the 1980s and the beginning of the 1990s. It focuses upon significant medical and social changes in the transplantation of human organs and on the development and clinical …
In the Field
A Sociologist''s Journey
E-bok, 2017
901 kr
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In the Field, by Renee C. Fox, is a narrative account of the author''s life as a sociologist. It is not a memoir in the conventional sense; rather, it is an ethnographic autobiography. Drawing on a vast reservoir of notes and documents that chronicle the span of her career, this work also focuses …
In the Field
A Sociologist''s Journey
E-bok, 2017
901 kr
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In the Field, by Renee C. Fox, is a narrative account of the author''s life as a sociologist. It is not a memoir in the conventional sense; rather, it is an ethnographic autobiography. Drawing on a vast reservoir of notes and documents that chronicle the span of her career, this work also focuses …
In the Field
A Sociologist's Journey
Inbunden, 2010
2665 kr
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In the Field, by Renee C. Fox, is a narrative account of the author's life as a sociologist. It is not a memoir in the conventional sense; rather, it is an ethnographic autobiography. Drawing on a vast reservoir of notes and documents that chronicle the span of her career, this work also focuses on …
Spare Parts
Organ Replacement in American Society
Häftad, 2013
772 kr
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Spare Parts examines major developments in the field of organ replacement that occurred in the United States over the course of the 1980s and the beginning of the 1990s. It focuses upon significant medical and social changes in the transplantation of human organs and on the development and clinical …
In the Field
A Sociologist's Journey
Häftad, 2015
811 kr
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In the Field, by Renee C. Fox, is a narrative account of the author's life as a sociologist. It is not a memoir in the conventional sense; rather, it is an ethnographic autobiography. Drawing on a vast reservoir of notes and documents that chronicle the span of her career, this work also focuses on …
Doctors Without Borders
Humanitarian Quests, Impossible Dreams of Médecins Sans Frontières
Av Renée C. Fox
Häftad, 2015
281 kr
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This study of Medecins Sans Frontieres / Doctors Without Borders (MSF) casts new light on the organization's founding principles, distinctive culture, and inner struggles to realize more fully its "without borders" transnational vision. Pioneering medical sociologist Renee C. Fox spent nearly …
Experiment Perilous
Physicians and Patients Facing the Unknown
Av Renee C. Fox
Häftad, 1997
771 kr
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"This is a brilliant work of lasting value to both sociology and anthropology by a person combining the talent of keen observer with the highest level of theoretical sophistication. . . a major contribution to our understanding of the nature and structure of a significant social situation."--David …
In the Belgian Chateau
The Spirit and Culture of a European Society in an Age of Change
Av Renee C. Fox
Häftad, 2008
232 kr
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This grand and unusual book, whose meaning extends far beyond the borders of Belgium, is the product of thirty-five years of cultural investigation of that small European country. When Renée Fox first traveled to Brussels in 1959 to study the Belgian institutions of medical research, she scarcely …
Explorations of a Mind-Traveling Sociologist
Av Renée C. Fox
Inbunden, 2019
606 kr
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"Explorations of a Mind-Traveling Sociologist" is a book of thematically interconnected ethnographic essays by the internationally esteemed sociologist Renée C. Fox, who employs a participant observer outlook to provide unique insight on such enduring—and pressing—issues as the lived experiences of …
Explorations of a Mind-Traveling Sociologist
Av Renée C. Fox
Häftad, 2019
402 kr
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"Explorations of a Mind-Traveling Sociologist" is a book of thematically interconnected ethnographic essays by the internationally esteemed sociologist Renée C. Fox, who employs a participant observer outlook to provide unique insight on such enduring—and pressing—issues as the lived experiences of …
Doctors Without Borders
Humanitarian Quests, Impossible Dreams of Médecins Sans Frontières
Av Renée C. Fox
Inbunden, 2014
269 kr
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This study of Medecins Sans Frontieres / Doctors Without Borders (MSF) casts new light on the organization's founding principles, distinctive culture, and inner struggles to realize more fully its "without borders" transnational vision. Pioneering medical sociologist Renee C. Fox spent nearly …
