Alan Petersen is Professor of Sociology in the School of Social Sciences, Monash University, Australia. He has researched and published extensively in the sociology of health and illness, science and technology studies, and gender studies.
38 Ebooks por Alan Petersen
Kenneth A. Loparo: Hope in Health
Health professionals have shown a growing interest in the therapeutic value of ‘hope’ in recent years. However, hope has been examined mainly from psychological and biomedical perspectives. Important …
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€53.49
Alan Petersen & Megan Munsie: Stem Cell Tourism and the Political Economy of Hope
This book provides a unique and innovative perspective on the controversial phenomenon of ‘stem cell tourism’. A growing number of patients are embarking on stem cell treatments that are clinically u …
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€69.54
Alan Petersen & Deborah Lupton: The New Public Health
Petersen and Lupton focus critically on the new public health, assessing its implications for the concepts of self, embodiment and citizenship. They argue that the new public health is used as a sour …
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€72.99
Robin Bunton & Alan Petersen: Genetic Governance
Ethical and practical issues around genetic research are of major international concern, both in academia and in the public domain. Questions concerning what interventions are possible and appropriat …
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€30.63
Alan Petersen: Body in Question
Why is there currently such strong academic and popular interest in ‘the body’ in contemporary societies? What factors shape our conceptions of the body, its naturalness, health and normality? What i …
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€28.24
Robin Bunton & Alan Petersen: New Genetics and The Public’s Health
The rapid advancement of genetic science, fuelled by the Human Genome Project and other related initiatives, promises a new kind of public health practice based on the pre-detection of disease accord …
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€33.37
Sara Henderson & Alan Petersen: Consuming Health
In our post-welfare society, health is increasingly viewed as a commodity and individuals are defined as ‘health care consumers’. At the same time, the notion that the state should care for the healt …
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€33.35
Alan Petersen: Politics of Bioethics
This book investigates the socio-political implications of bioethics discourse and practices in relation to a range of controversial developments. It will be of interest to policymakers, clinicians, …
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€122.45
Herbert Gottweis & Alan Petersen: Biobanks
In recent years, a number of large population-based biobanks – genetic databases that combine genetic information derived from blood samples with personal data about environment, medical history, lif …
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€29.52
Alan Petersen & Iain Wilkinson: Health, Risk and Vulnerability
The concept of risk is one of the most suggestive terms for evoking the cultural character of our times and for defining the purpose of social research. Risk attitudes and behaviours are understood t …
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€29.52
Ian Barns & Janice Dudley: Poststructuralism, Citizenship and Social Policy
Poststructuralism, Citizenship and Social Policy shows how poststructuralist ideas can be usefully applied in the areas of welfare, health, education and science and technology policy, making particu …
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€38.23
Herbert Gottweis & Alan Petersen: Biobanks
In recent years, a number of large population-based biobanks – genetic databases that combine genetic information derived from blood samples with personal data about environment, medical history, lif …
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€51.25
Herbert Gottweis & Alan Petersen: Biobanks
In recent years, a number of large population-based biobanks – genetic databases that combine genetic information derived from blood samples with personal data about environment, medical history, lif …
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€51.54
Alan Petersen & Iain Wilkinson: Health, Risk and Vulnerability
The concept of risk is one of the most suggestive terms for evoking the cultural character of our times and for defining the purpose of social research. Risk attitudes and behaviours are understood t …
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€47.51
Alan Petersen & Iain Wilkinson: Health, Risk and Vulnerability
The concept of risk is one of the most suggestive terms for evoking the cultural character of our times and for defining the purpose of social research. Risk attitudes and behaviours are understood t …
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€47.42
Robin Bunton & Alan Petersen: Genetic Governance
Ethical and practical issues around genetic research are of major international concern, both in academia and in the public domain. Questions concerning what interventions are possible and appropriat …
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Inglês
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€25.54
Robin Bunton & Alan Petersen: Genetic Governance
Ethical and practical issues around genetic research are of major international concern, both in academia and in the public domain. Questions concerning what interventions are possible and appropriat …
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Inglês
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€25.53
Alan Petersen: The Body in Question
Why is there currently such strong academic and popular interest in ‘the body’ in contemporary societies? What factors shape our conceptions of the body, its naturalness, health and normality? What i …
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€56.40
Alan Petersen: The Body in Question
Why is there currently such strong academic and popular interest in ‘the body’ in contemporary societies? What factors shape our conceptions of the body, its naturalness, health and normality? What i …
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€56.55
Sara Henderson & Alan Petersen: Consuming Health
In our post-welfare society, health is increasingly viewed as a commodity and individuals are defined as ‘health care consumers’. At the same time, the notion that the state should care for the healt …
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Inglês
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€51.17
Sara Henderson & Alan Petersen: Consuming Health
In our post-welfare society, health is increasingly viewed as a commodity and individuals are defined as ‘health care consumers’. At the same time, the notion that the state should care for the healt …
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Inglês
DRM
€51.27
Robin Bunton & Alan Petersen: New Genetics and The Public’s Health
The rapid advancement of genetic science, fuelled by the Human Genome Project and other related initiatives, promises a new kind of public health practice based on the pre-detection of disease accord …
EPUB
Inglês
DRM
€37.31
Robin Bunton & Alan Petersen: New Genetics and The Public’s Health
The rapid advancement of genetic science, fuelled by the Human Genome Project and other related initiatives, promises a new kind of public health practice based on the pre-detection of disease accord …
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Inglês
DRM
€37.23
Ian Barns & Janice Dudley: Poststructuralism, Citizenship and Social Policy
Poststructuralism, Citizenship and Social Policy shows how poststructuralist ideas can be usefully applied in the areas of welfare, health, education and science and technology policy, making particu …
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Inglês
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€60.47
Ian Barns & Janice Dudley: Poststructuralism, Citizenship and Social Policy
Poststructuralism, Citizenship and Social Policy shows how poststructuralist ideas can be usefully applied in the areas of welfare, health, education and science and technology policy, making particu …
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€60.20
Robin Bunton & Alan Petersen: Foucault, Health and Medicine
The reception of Michel Foucault’s work in the social sciences and humanities has been phenomenal. Foucault’s concepts and methodology have encouraged new approaches to old problems and opened up new …
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€67.68
Robin Bunton & Alan Petersen: Foucault, Health and Medicine
The reception of Michel Foucault’s work in the social sciences and humanities has been phenomenal. Foucault’s concepts and methodology have encouraged new approaches to old problems and opened up new …
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€67.68
Antje Kampf & Barbara L. Marshall: Aging Men, Masculinities and Modern Medicine
Aging Men, Masculinities and Modern Medicine explores the multiple socio-historical contexts surrounding men’s aging bodies in modern medicine from a global perspective. The first of its kind, it inv …
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€66.81
Antje Kampf & Barbara L. Marshall: Aging Men, Masculinities and Modern Medicine
Aging Men, Masculinities and Modern Medicine explores the multiple socio-historical contexts surrounding men’s aging bodies in modern medicine from a global perspective. The first of its kind, it inv …
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€66.40
Alan Petersen: The Politics of Bioethics
Recent rapid advances in the biosciences have led to considerable debate about the social, ethical, and legal implications of research and its applications. The mapping of the human genome, advances …
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€69.31
Alan Petersen: The Politics of Bioethics
Recent rapid advances in the biosciences have led to considerable debate about the social, ethical, and legal implications of research and its applications. The mapping of the human genome, advances …
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€69.22
Alan Petersen: Digital Health and Technological Promise
What is ‘digital health’? And, what are its implications for medicine and healthcare, and for individual citizens and society? ‘Digital health’ is of growing interest to policymakers, clinicians, and …
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€48.89
Alan Petersen: Digital Health and Technological Promise
What is ‘digital health’? And, what are its implications for medicine and healthcare, and for individual citizens and society? ‘Digital health’ is of growing interest to policymakers, clinicians, and …
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€48.69
Alan Petersen: Emotions Online
Digital media have become deeply immersed in our lives, heightening both hopes and fears of their affordances. While the internet, mobile phones, and social media offer their users many options, they …
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€46.21
Alan Petersen: Emotions Online
Digital media have become deeply immersed in our lives, heightening both hopes and fears of their affordances. While the internet, mobile phones, and social media offer their users many options, they …
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€46.40
Alan Petersen: Pandemic Societies
From SARS to Zika, and Ebola to COVID-19, epidemics and pandemics have become increasingly prevalent in recent years. Each outbreak presents new challenges but the responses are often similar. This i …
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€28.99
Alan Petersen: Handbook on the Sociology of Health and Medicine
This timely Handbook provides an essential guide to the major topics, perspectives, and scholars in the sociology of health and medicine. Contributors prove the immense value of a sociological unders …
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€61.49
Alan Petersen: Pandemic Societies
From SARS to Zika, and Ebola to COVID-19, epidemics and pandemics have become increasingly prevalent in recent years. Each outbreak presents new challenges but the responses are often similar. This i …
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€25.62
