Sickle Cell and the Social Sciences: Health, Racism and Disablement

ISBN-13: 9780367702670 / Angielski / Miękka / 2021 / 242 str.

Simon M. Dyson

Opis

This illuminating volume explores the challenges and possibilities for developing a social view of sickle cell, and for improving the quality of lives of those living with SCD

Spis treści

Introduction  1. Sickle Cell and the Simplifications of Science  2. Why Genes are not "For" Sickle Cell  3. A Social History of Sickle Cell Part I: Sickle Cell and Malaria  4. A Social History of Sickle Cell Part II: Politics and Molecules  5. Sickle Cell and Athletes  6. Sickle Cell and Deaths in State Custody  7. Ethnicity and Sickle Cell  8. Genetic Carriers and Antenatal Screening  9. Newborn Screening  10. SCD and the Social Model of Disability  11. Sickle Cell and Social Policy: The Case of SCD and Schools  Conclusion

O autorze

Simon Dyson is Professor of Applied Sociology and Director of the Unit for the Social Study of Thalassaemia and Sickle Cell at De Montfort University, UK.