Reproduction, Health, and Medicine

At a moment when reproduction is increasingly politicized, the volume explores the breadth of contemporary research on reproduction from the perspective of medical sociology, illuminating the lived experience of reproduction and offering insights to inform sociology and health policy.

About the author

Elizabeth Mitchell Armstrong is Associate Professor of Sociology and Public Affairs at Princeton University. Her research interests include the sociology of pregnancy and birth, maternal and child health policy, and medical ethics. Susan Markens is Associate Professor of Sociology at Lehman College and The Graduate Center at CUNY. Her research focuses on reproduction, genetics, and health. Miranda R. Waggoner is Assistant Professor of Sociology and Greenwall Faculty Scholar in Bioethics at Florida State University. Her research examines the social, ethical, and cultural dimensions of biomedical knowledge production.

Summary

At a moment when reproduction is increasingly politicized, the volume explores the breadth of contemporary research on reproduction from the perspective of medical sociology, illuminating the lived experience of reproduction and offering insights to inform sociology and health policy.

Product details

• Assisted by: Elizabeth Mitchell Armstrong (Editor), Susan Markens (Editor), Susan (Lehman College and the Graduate Center Markens (Editor), Elizabeth (Princeton University Mitchell Armstrong (Editor), Miranda R. (Florida State University Waggoner (Editor)
• Publisher: Emerald Publishing Limited
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 22.11.2019
• EAN: 9781787561724
• ISBN: 978-1-78756-172-4
• No. of pages: 304
• Dimensions: 157 mm x 235 mm x 21 mm
• Weight: 594 g
• Series: Advances in Medical Sociology
• Subject: Social sciences, law, business > Sociology > Sociological theories