Biomedicine as Culture: Instrumental Practices, Technoscientific Knowledge, and New Modes of Life (Routledge Studies in Science, Technology & Society) ... Studies in Science, Technology and Society)

by JosephDumit (Editor), RegulaValérieBurri (Editor), Joseph Dumit (Editor), Regula Valérie Burri (Editor)

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  Hardcover
  2007

  $151.48

  Offers interdisciplinary perspectives on contemporary biomedicine as a cultural practice. This book presents essays which look at the ways biomedical knowledge is constructed within hospitals and academic settings and at how this knowledge changes perceptions, material arrangements, and social relations within clinics and scientific communities.