Operating (on) the self: transforming agency through obesity surgery and treatment
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In this article, I describe the processes through which patients diagnosed with ‘morbid obesity’ become active subjects through undergoing obesity surgery and an empowerment lifestyle programme in a Dutch obesity clinic. Following work in actor‐network theory and material semiotics that complicates the distinction between active and passive subjects, I trace how agency is configured and re‐distributed throughout the treatment trajectory. In the clinic's elaborate care assemblage – consisting of dieticians, exercise coaches and psychologists – the person is not only actively involved in his/her own chan...
Source: Sociology of Health and Illness - December 12, 2017 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Authors: Else Vogel Tags: Original Article Source Type: research
Hilgartner, S. Reordering Life: Knowledge and Control in the Genomics Revolution. Cambridge, MA: MIT Press. 2017. 368 pp. £27.95 (hbk) $24 (ebk) ISBN 9780262035866
Sociology of Health&Illness, EarlyView. (Source: Sociology of Health and Illness)
Source: Sociology of Health and Illness - November 26, 2017 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Authors: Cl émence
Pinel Source Type: research
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Sociology of Health&Illness, Ahead of Print. (Source: Sociology of Health and Illness)
Source: Sociology of Health and Illness - November 26, 2017 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Source Type: research
Thanks to Reviewers – October 2016 to September 2017
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Source: Sociology of Health and Illness - November 17, 2017 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Tags: Thanks to Reviewers Source Type: research
Call for Proposals for Twenty ‐Seventh Monograph of Sociology of Health & Illness
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Source: Sociology of Health and Illness - November 17, 2017 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Tags: Call for Proposals Source Type: research
Sociology of Health and Illness – Mildred Blaxter New Writer Prize
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Source: Sociology of Health and Illness - November 17, 2017 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Tags: New Writer Prize Source Type: research
The Actionability of Exome sequencing testing results
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Genomic tests such as exome sequencing have recently become an option for diagnosing patients. The tests allow clinical geneticists to sequence the majority of patients’ disease causing genetic variants. As a new technology, exome sequencing confronts the question of what the benefit is of this increased genetic information. Against a narrow perspective of clinical utility that emphasises tangible improvements in a patient's disease management, professional organisations have argued that genomic sequencing should be considered beneficial if it helps families and society. Based on video‐recorded observations of...
Source: Sociology of Health and Illness - November 17, 2017 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Authors: Tanya Stivers, Stefan Timmermans Tags: Original Article Source Type: research
On the character and production of ‘active participation’ in neuro‐rehabilitation: an Actor‐Network perspective
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The importance of patients’ active involvement in neuro‐rehabilitation after acquired brain injury has been consistently emphasised in recent years. However, most approaches fail to show how ‘active participation’ is practically enacted, focusing on individualised explanations of patient choice and behaviours, or notions of inherent patient traits. Using actor‐network theory (ANT) as a sensitising concept, we investigated neuro‐rehabilitation practices, asking how participation is shaped through biological and socio‐material specificities, how rights to knowledge and expertise are constructed, and ho...
Source: Sociology of Health and Illness - November 17, 2017 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Authors: Simon Horton, Kathryn Mares, Neil Coull, Fiona Poland Tags: Original Article Source Type: research
Issue Information ‐ TOC
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Source: Sociology of Health and Illness - November 17, 2017 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Tags: Issue Information Source Type: research
Higgs, P.and Gilleard, C.Personhood, Identity and Care in Advanced Old Age. Bristol: Policy Press. 2016. 208 pp. ISBN 978 ‐1‐4473‐1906‐1 (pbk)
Sociology of Health&Illness,Volume 40, Issue 4, Page 774-775, May 2018. (Source: Sociology of Health and Illness)
Source: Sociology of Health and Illness - November 15, 2017 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Authors: Öncel
Naldemirci Source Type: research
Higgs, P.and Gilleard, C.Personhood, Identity and Care in Advanced Old Age. Bristol: Policy Press. 2016. 208 pp. ISBN 978 ‐1‐4473‐1906‐1 (pbk)
Sociology of Health&Illness, EarlyView. (Source: Sociology of Health and Illness)
Source: Sociology of Health and Illness - November 15, 2017 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Source Type: research
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Sociology of Health&Illness, Ahead of Print. (Source: Sociology of Health and Illness)
Source: Sociology of Health and Illness - November 15, 2017 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Source Type: research
Sun, S. Socio ‐Economics of Personalized Medicine in Asia. London and New York: Routledge. 2017. 198 pp. £110 (hbk) ISBN 978‐1138933835
Sociology of Health&Illness, EarlyView. (Source: Sociology of Health and Illness)
Source: Sociology of Health and Illness - November 14, 2017 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Authors: Gareth Davey Source Type: research
Chandler, A.Self ‐Injury, Medicine and Society: Authentic Bodies. London: Palgrave Macmillan. 2016. 217 pp £67 (hbk) ISBN 978‐1137405272
Sociology of Health&Illness,Volume 40, Issue 4, Page 771-773, May 2018. (Source: Sociology of Health and Illness)
Source: Sociology of Health and Illness - November 14, 2017 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Authors: Paul Stronge Source Type: research
