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12 produkter
Dog Politics
Species Stories and the Animal Sciences
Inbunden, 2024
443 kr
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Do dogs belong with humans? Scientific accounts of dogs' 'species story,' in which contemporary dog-human relations are naturalised with reference to dogs' evolutionary becoming, suggest that they do. Dog politics dissects this story.This book offers a rich empirical analysis and critique of the …
Embodiment and Everyday Cyborgs
Technologies That Alter Subjectivity
Av Gill Haddow
Inbunden, 2021
456 kr
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Your organs are failing and require replacement. If you had the choice, would you prefer organs from other humans or non-human animals, or would you choose a ‘cybernetic’ medical implant?Using a range of social science methods and drawing on the sociology of the body and embodiment, biomedicine and …
Personalised Cancer Medicine
Future Crafting in the Genomic Era
Av Anne Kerr, Choon Key Chekar m. fl.
Inbunden, 2021
456 kr
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What does it mean to personalise cancer medicine? Drawing on an ethnographic study with cancer patients, carers and practitioners in the UK, this book traces their efforts to access and interpret novel genomic tests, information and treatments as they craft personal and collective futures. …
Sugar Rush
Science, Politics and the Demonisation of Fatness
Inbunden, 2023
1201 kr
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In the second decade of the twenty-first century, the crusade against sugar rose to prominence as an urgent societal problem about which something needed to be done. Sugar was transformed into the common enemy in a revived ‘war on obesity’ levelled at ‘unhealthy’ foods and the people who enjoy …
Sugar Rush
Science, Politics and the Demonisation of Fatness
Häftad, 2023
292 kr
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In the second decade of the twenty-first century, the crusade against sugar rose to prominence as an urgent societal problem about which something needed to be done. Sugar was transformed into the common enemy in a revived ‘war on obesity’ levelled at ‘unhealthy’ foods and the people who enjoy …
Trust in the System
Research Ethics Committees and the Regulation of Biomedical Research
Inbunden, 2020
1263 kr
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Every month, groups of people from all over the United Kingdom decide what kind of research should be carried out on patients within the NHS. These groups – Research Ethics Committees (RECs) – made up of doctors, nurses, researchers, and members of the general public – help shape the future of …
Elephant and the Dragon in Contemporary Life Sciences
A Call for Decolonising Global Governance
Av Joy Y. Zhang, Saheli Datta Burton
Inbunden, 2022
1227 kr
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This book provides a powerful diagnosis of why the global governance of science struggles in the face of emerging powers. Through unpacking critical events in China and India over the past twenty years, it demonstrates that the ‘subversiveness’ assumed in the two countries’ rise in the life …
Researching Animal Research
What the Humanities and Social Sciences Can Contribute to Laboratory Animal Science and Welfare
Av Gail Davies, Beth Greenhough m. fl.
Inbunden, 2024
443 kr
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Every year around 80 million scientific procedures are carried out on animals globally. These experiments have the potential to generate new understandings of biology and clinical treatments. They also give rise to ongoing societal debate. This book demonstrates how the humanities and social …
Trust in the system
Research Ethics Committees and the regulation of biomedical research
Häftad, 2022
301 kr
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Every month, groups of people from all over the United Kingdom decide what kind of research should be carried out on patients within the NHS. These groups – Research Ethics Committees (RECs) – made up of doctors, nurses, researchers, and members of the general public – help shape the future of …
Assemblages of Cancer
Experiences and Contexts of Breast Cancer in the Uk, France and Italy
Av Cinzia Greco
Inbunden, 2025
374 kr
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Assemblages of cancer illustrates the tensions in the experiences and context of breast cancer in Western Europe. Breast cancer is presented as a success story in oncology, especially in countries with advanced, universal healthcare systems. At the same time, individual experiences are shaped by …
Elephant and the Dragon in Contemporary Life Sciences
A Call for Decolonising Global Governance
Av Joy Y. Zhang, Saheli Datta Burton
Häftad, 2024
356 kr
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This book provides a powerful diagnosis of why the global governance of science struggles in the face of emerging powers. Through unpacking critical events in China and India over the past twenty years, it demonstrates that the ‘subversiveness’ assumed in the two countries’ rise in the life …
Decentralised digital security
Code, crisis, community
Inbunden, 2026
371 kr
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Decentralised digital security offers a compelling exploration of how digital security is practiced, organised and contested within blockchain communities. Drawing on immersive digital ethnography, the book examines how decentralised technologies – rooted in cryptography and designed to operate …
