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The De Gruyter Handbook of Digital Health and Society provides an in-depth survey of a rapidly growing field, approaching digital health from a social science perspective, where previously medical and engineering perspectives were prevalent.
It contains complex discussions of key social theories that explain how processes of digitalisation require organisations and practices of health and medicine to cope with increases in quantification, ubiquitous connectivity and unprecedented modes of computational power. This book also outlines how the entanglement of contemporary life with digital technologies reconfigures the perception of the self and the sensing of the body, and provides important insights into emerging forms of digital health activism and new perspectives towards the responsible governance of digital health.
Through these analyses, the handbook establishes a much-needed thematic framework for future teaching and research.
About the author
Benjamin Marent is an Associate Professor in Digital Technology at the University of Sussex. With a background in medical sociology and science and technology studies, his research investigates and informs the digital transformation of healthcare, with a current focus on telemedicine and the application of conversational artificial intelligence (AI).
Summary
The De Gruyter Handbook of Digital Health and Society provides an in-depth survey of a rapidly growing field, approaching digital health from a social science perspective, where previously medical and engineering perspectives were prevalent.
It contains complex discussions of key social theories that explain how processes of digitalisation require organisations and practices of health and medicine to cope with increases in quantification, ubiquitous connectivity and unprecedented modes of computational power. This book also outlines how the entanglement of contemporary life with digital technologies reconfigures the perception of the self and the sensing of the body, and provides important insights into emerging forms of digital health activism and new perspectives towards the responsible governance of digital health.
Through these analyses, the handbook establishes a much-needed thematic framework for future teaching and research.
