Health, Technology and Society A Sociological

The impact of technology on health service is an issue of global concern, and this pertinent text provides a fascinating account of current health care technologies and their implications for health providers and users.

ANDREW WEBSTER is Professor in the sociology of science and technology at the University of York. In 1988 he established the Science and Technology Studies Unit (SATSU) and in 1999 he was appointed Director of the ESRC's £5 million Innovative Health Technologies Programme. He is the author of many books and articles. Recent publications include Contested Futures: Mobilising tomorrow's science and technology, Introductory Sociology (Palgrave), Science Technology & Society: New Directions (Palgrave), and New Medical Technologies and Society: Reordering Life.

List of Illustrations	p. vii
Acknowledgements	p. viii
Understanding Innovative Health Technologies	p. 1
Introduction	p. 1
New technologies, new health?	p. 6
Developing the sociological critique	p. 15
Structure of the book	p. 19
The Dynamics of Biomedical Innovation	p. 23
Introduction	p. 23
Medical innovation: take up and efficacy	p. 27
The clinical professions, the state and innovation	p. 37
Contrasting innovation environments	p. 46
Conclusion	p. 49
Corporate Health, Markets and Regulation	p. 51
Introduction	p. 51
Corporations and health markets	p. 52
The MIC complex	p. 68
Regulating corporate health	p. 73
Conclusion	p. 78
Body, Identity and the Meaning of Health	p. 80
Introduction	p. 80
The body and sociological analysis	p. 82
Unequal bodies	p. 85
The sick role	p. 91
Narratives of health and illness	p. 94
Technology, health and illness	p. 101
Case studies: the body-technology nexus	p. 104
Conclusion	p. 110
Managing and Governing New Health Technologies	p. 112
Introduction	p. 112
Social organisation of health care delivery	p. 122
Governance of health	p. 132
Restructuring care: charging, privatisation and self-care	p. 139
Conclusion	p. 144
The Contested Sick Role	p. 146
Introduction	p. 146
The sick role as a collectively defined activity	p. 147
Alternative health and medicine	p. 158
Conclusion	p. 162
Conclusion: Novel Technologies, New Social Relations?	p. 165
Introduction	p. 165
A synopsis of the argument	p. 166
Novelty: so what's new?	p. 171
Sociological prognoses	p. 175
Bibliography	p. 180
Author Index	p. 208
Subject Index	p. 212
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