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Author:   John Martyn Chamberlain
Publisher:   Taylor & Francis Ltd
Imprint:   Routledge
Volume:   164
Dimensions:   Width: 15.20cm , Height: 2.00cm , Length: 22.90cm
Weight:   0.476kg
ISBN:  

9780415502696

ISBN 10:   0415502691
Pages:   244
Publication Date:   24 November 2015
Audience:   College/higher education ,  Professional and scholarly ,  Tertiary & Higher Education ,  Undergraduate
Format:   Hardback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   In Print  
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Table of Contents

1. An Introduction to Medicine, Risk, Discourse and Power John Martyn Chamberlain 2. Sociology and Risk: A Link in Permanent (Re)Construction Fiorella Mancini 3. Time, Risk and Health Andy Alaszewski and Patrick Brown 4. Using Medicines in the Face of Uncertainty: Developing a Habermasian Understanding of Medicines’ Lifeworlds Patrick Brown 5. Performing Risk and Power: Predictive Technologies in Personalized Medicine Nadav Even Chorev 6. Balancing Risk and Recovery in Mental Health: An Analysis of the Way in Which Policy Objectives Around Risk and Recovery Affect Professional Practice in England Jeremy Dixon 7. Moving from Gut Feeling to Evidence: The Case of Social Work Gemma Mitchell 8. Regulating for Safer Doctors in the Risk Society John Martyn Chamberlain 9. Health Experts Challenge the Safety of Pesticides in Argentina and Brazil Renata Motta and Florencia Arancibia 10. Changing Discourses of Risk and Health-Risk: A Corpus Analysis of the Usage of Risk Language in The New York Times Jens O. Zinn and Daniel McDonald

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John Martyn Chamberlain is Associate Professor in Medical Criminology at the University of Southampton.

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