Living Data
Making Sense of Health Biosensing
1st Edition
Published on 24. July 2019
208 pages
978-1-5292-0753-8 (ISBN)
Description
As individuals increasingly seek ways of accessing, understanding and sharing data about their own bodies, this book offers a critique of the popular claim that 'more information' equates to 'better health'. In a study that redefines the public, academic and policy related debates around health, bodies, information and data, the authors consider the ways in which the phenomenon of self-diagnosis has created alternative worlds of knowledge and practises which are often at odds with professional medical advice. With a focus on data that concerns significant life changes, this book explores the potential challenges related to people's changing relationships with traditional health systems as access to, and control over, data shifts.
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Australian National University
Celia Roberts is Professor at Australian National University.
Celia Roberts is Professor at Australian National University.
Australian National University
Adrian Mackenzie is Professor of Sociology at the Australian National University.
Adrian Mackenzie is Professor of Sociology at the Australian National University.
Maggie Mort is Professor in the Sociology of Science, Technology & Medicine at Lancaster University.
Maggie Mort is a Professor of Sociology in the Department of Sociology at Lancaster University. She is also the Coordinator of the EC Horizon 2020 project, CUIDAR: Cultures of Disaster Resilience among children and young people.
Maggie Mort is a Professor of Sociology in the Department of Sociology at Lancaster University. She is also the Coordinator of the EC Horizon 2020 project, CUIDAR: Cultures of Disaster Resilience among children and young people.
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Content
Introduction: What Does Biosensing Do?
Fertility Biosensing
Biosensing Stress
Platform Biosensing and Post- Genomic Relatedness
Biosensing in Old Age
Conclusion: What Might Biosensing Do?
Fertility Biosensing
Biosensing Stress
Platform Biosensing and Post- Genomic Relatedness
Biosensing in Old Age
Conclusion: What Might Biosensing Do?
