Living Data: Making Sense of Health Biosensing

by Celia Roberts, Adrian Mackenzie

Overview

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.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781529207538
Publisher:	Bristol University Press
Publication date:	07/24/2019
Sold by:	Barnes & Noble
Format:	eBook
Pages:	208
File size:	2 MB

About the Author

Celia Roberts is a Professor of Gender and Science Studies in the Department of Sociology at Lancaster University. Adrian Mackenzie is a Professor of Technological Cultures in the Department of Sociology 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.

Table of Contents

Introduction: What Does Biosensing Do? Fertility Biosensing Biosensing Stress Platform Biosensing and Post- Genomic Relatedness Biosensing in Old Age Conclusion: What Might Biosensing Do?

What People are Saying About This

From the Publisher

“This is an original and timely text – an absolute pleasure to read and a unique contribution to the field.” Emma Rich, University of Bath

''This book presents a compelling account of people's engagements with biosensors. Drawing on their long history of research in science and technology studies, the authors elucidate how people can be helped or disappointed by these new technologies.'' Deborah Lupton, University of New South Wales

Editorial Reviews

''This book presents a compelling account of people's engagements with biosensors. Drawing on their long experience of research in science and technology studies, the authors elucidate how people can be helped or disappointed by these new technologies.''

University of New South Wales Deborah Lupton