Health, Technology and Society - Critical Inquiries

This book celebrates and captures examples of the excellent scholarship that Palgrave's Health, Technology, and Society Series has published since 2006, and reflects on how the field has developed over this time. As a collection of readings drawn from twenty-two books, it is organized around five themes: Innovation, Responsibility, Locus of Care, Knowledge Production, and Regulation and Governance. Structured in this way, the book gives the reader a concise but nonetheless rich guide to the core issues and debates within the field. Complementing these narratives, the original authors have provided new reflection pieces on their texts and on their current work. This then is a book which in part looks back but also looks forward to emerging issues at the intersection of health, technology, and society. It uniquely encompasses and presents a range of expertise in a novel way that is both timely and accessible for students and others new to the field.

List of contents

1. Introduction.- 2. Innovation.- 3. Responsibility.- 4. Locus of Care.- 5. Knowledge Production.- 6. Regulation and Governance.

About the author

Andrew Webster is Professor in the Sociology of Science and Technology at the University of York, UK.

Sally Wyatt is Professor of Digital Cultures at Maastricht University in the Netherlands. 

Product details

• Assisted by: Andre Webster (Editor), Andrew Webster (Editor), Wyatt (Editor), Wyatt (Editor), Sally Wyatt (Editor)
• Publisher: Springer, Berlin
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 01.09.2020
• EAN: 9789811543531
• ISBN: 978-981-1543-53-1
• No. of pages: 317
• Dimensions: 153 mm x 24 mm x 217 mm
• Weight: 578 g
• Illustrations: XXVI, 317 p. 20 illus.
• Series: Health, Technology and Society
• Subject: Social sciences, law, business > Sociology > Labour, economic and industrial sociology