Description
Product ID: | 9781526141026 |
Product Form: | Hardback |
Country of Manufacture: | GB |
Series: | Inscriptions |
Title: | Personalised Cancer Medicine |
Subtitle: | Future Crafting in the Genomic Era |
Authors: | Author: Anne Kerr, Sarah Cunningham-Burley, Julia Swallow, Emily Ross, Choon Key Chekar |
Page Count: | 288 |
Subjects: | Social and cultural anthropology, Social & cultural anthropology, ethnography, Medical sociology, Medical genetics, Medical sociology, Medical genetics |
Description: | Bringing the experiences of patients, carers and practitioners to the fore, this book explores how individual and collective futures are crafted through their work and care. The authors chart the different kinds of care and work involved in efforts to personalise cancer medicine, as well as the ways in which benefits and opportunities are unevenly realised and distributed. Bringing the experiences of patients, carers and practitioners to the fore, this book explores how individual and collective futures are crafted through their work and care. The authors chart the different kinds of care and work involved in efforts to personalise cancer medicine, as well as the ways in which benefits and opportunities are unevenly realised and distributed. -- . |
Imprint Name: | Manchester University Press |
Publisher Name: | Manchester University Press |
Country of Publication: | GB |
Publishing Date: | 2021-01-05 |