Simon Dyson

Sickle Cell and the Social Sciences (eBook, PDF)

Health, Racism and Disablement

• Format: PDF

Produktbeschreibung

This illuminating volume explores the challenges and possibilities for developing a social view of sickle cell, and for improving the quality of lives of those living with SCD

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Taylor & Francis
• Seitenzahl: 252
• Erscheinungstermin: 27. März 2019
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781351580854
• Artikelnr.: 56838834

Autorenporträt

Simon Dyson is Professor of Applied Sociology and Director of the Unit for the Social Study of Thalassaemia and Sickle Cell at De Montfort University, UK.

Inhaltsangabe

Introduction 1. Sickle Cell and the Simplifications of Science 2. Why Genes
are not "For" Sickle Cell 3. A Social History of Sickle Cell Part I: Sickle
Cell and Malaria 4. A Social History of Sickle Cell Part II: Politics and
Molecules 5. Sickle Cell and Athletes 6. Sickle Cell and Deaths in State
Custody 7. Ethnicity and Sickle Cell 8. Genetic Carriers and Antenatal
Screening 9. Newborn Screening 10. SCD and the Social Model of Disability
11. Sickle Cell and Social Policy: The Case of SCD and Schools Conclusion