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Author:   Rachel Elder (Research Associate) ,  Thomas Schlich (Professor in the History of Medicine)
Publisher:   Manchester University Press
Imprint:   Manchester University Press
Dimensions:   Width: 13.80cm , Height: 1.60cm , Length: 21.60cm
Weight:   0.454kg
ISBN:  

9781526171146

ISBN 10:   1526171147
Pages:   264
Publication Date:   28 January 2025
Audience:   College/higher education ,  Professional and scholarly ,  General/trade ,  Tertiary & Higher Education ,  Professional & Vocational
Format:   Hardback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   Manufactured on demand  
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Table of Contents

Introduction: Technology and health in the age of the patient consumer - Thomas Schlich and Rachel Elder Part I: New technologies and patient markets 1 Dental x-rays and the imagined patient - Vivien Hamilton 2 Chronic neglect: Race, dialysis, and vulnerable patienthood - Richard M. Mizelle Jr. 3 Patients, ‘consumer sovereignty’, and technological change: the adoption of minimally invasive surgery - Cynthia L. Tang Part II: Informed patients and patient information 4 Tampons, technology, and toxic shock syndrome: From consumer to patient to informant - Sharra Vostral 5 Just stories: Side effects and the patient voice online - Antoine Lentacker Part III: Co-opting disease, promoting prevention and healing 6 Sunbeds, dihydroxyacetone (DHA) fake tan and MelanoTan injections: A history of ‘safe’ tanning technologies - Fabiola Creed 7 Against ‘prevention pills’: North American breast cancer activists and chemoprevention - Grazia De Michele 8 ‘Mental health is not fashion’: RIP shirts, stigma, and consumerism - Christopher M. Rudeen -- .

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Rachel Elder is Research Associate in the Department of Social Studies of Medicine at McGill University. Thomas Schlich is James McGill Professor in the History of Medicine and Department Chair of the Department of Social Studies of Medicine at McGill University.

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