{"product_id":"new-medical-technologies-and-society-9780745627243","title":"New Medical Technologies and Society","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eNew medical technologies are increasingly at the centre of novel transformations in the human and social body. Whilst reproduction, health, ageing and dying have long been areas for technical intervention, the emergence of molecular biology and information technology raise far--reaching political, social and subjective questions.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e‘This is a timely analysis of the ways in which contemporary medical technologies are reshaping the human lifecourse, and indeed our very ideas of life and death. While pointing to the spirals of expectation and disappointment that run through all these developments, Brown and Webster show that new forms of life are being generated in which human vitality is enmeshed in novel institutional, professional, legal and experiential networks. The book not only provides a map of this emerging field, but draws on a wide range of sociological arguments to develop conceptual tools that will prove very helpful to those working in this increasingly crucial area.’ – \u003ci\u003eNikolas Rose, London School of Economics\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003cp\u003e‘An especially useful and thorough treatment. Brown and Webster demonstrate the efficacy of science and technology studies for understanding the myriad ways in which new medical technologies are reordering life.’ – \u003ci\u003eSteve Woolgar, Saïd Business School, University of Oxford\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eChapter One Introduction: New Medical Technologies and Society. \u003cp\u003eChapter two Science \u0026amp; Technology Studies: Opening the Black Bag.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eChapter Three Reproducing Medical Technology.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eChapter Four Maintaining the Body.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eChapter Five Substituting the Body.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eChapter Six Technologies of Death and Dying.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eChapter Seven Conclusion.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eTechnical Glossary.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eReferences and Bibliography.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eIndex\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"John Wiley and Sons Ltd","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":49404358525271,"sku":"9780745627243","price":17.09,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9780745627243.jpg?v=1730486211","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/new-medical-technologies-and-society-9780745627243","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}