The sociology of medical screening

Description:

"The Sociology of Medical Screening: Critical Perspectives, New Directions presents a series of readings that provide an up-to-date overview of the diverse sociological issues relating to population-based medical screening. Features new research data in most of the contributions. Includes contributions from eminent sociologists such as David Armstrong, Stefan Timmermans, and Alison Pilnick. Represents one of the only collections to specifically address the sociology of medical screening"--Provided by publisher.

subjects: Mass Screening,  Medical Sociology,  Genetic Testing,  Biomimetics,  Animal Models,  Methods,  Animal Testing Alternatives,  Cell Culture Techniques,  Tissue Engineering,  Tissue Scaffolds,  Regenerative Medicine,  Statistics as Topic,  Data Collection,  Statistics & numerical data,  Delivery of Health Care,  Cartography,  Methodology,  Philosophy,  Human geography,  Alternative toxicity testing,  Medical screening,  Social medicine,  Human chromosome abnormalities, diagnosis,  SCIENCE,  Life Sciences,  Molecular Biology