Wild science

Description:

"Wild Science investigates the world-wide boom in "health culture." While self-help health books and medical dramas are popular around the globe, we are bombarded with news reports and images of DNA and cloning, the fight against AIDS, cancer and depression. With popular culture the principal means by which the non-scientific community understands illness, health and science, what are the implications of this for national health policies and for what gets funding for research?". "Wild Science argues that science is an everyday practice bound in values and institutions, and calls for a responsible engagement with the public cultures of science and health."--BOOK JACKET.

subjects: Feminist theory,  Medical innovations,  Health in mass media,  Health and hygiene,  Social aspects,  Feminist criticism,  Women in science,  Women,  Social medicine,  Diffusion of innovations,  Feminism,  Mass media,  Science,  Diffusion of Innovation,  Women's Health,  Biomedical Technology,  Trends,  Communications Media,  Médecine,  Innovations,  Aspect social,  Théorie féministe,  Santé dans les médias,  Diffusion,  Femmes,  Santé et hygiène,  Féminisme,  Médias,  Sciences,  Sciences (philosophy),  POLITICAL SCIENCE,  Public Policy,  Social Security,  Social Services & Welfare,  Health,  Medizin,  Wissenschaftlich-technischer Fortschritt,  Ethik,  Feminismus,  Aufsatzsammlung,  Medische techniek,  Massamedia,  Popularisering,  Sekseverschillen,  Feminisme