The Social Construction of Disease

From Scrapie to Prion

Kiheung Kim

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Routledge
26 October 2006

History; Neurology & clinical neurophysiology

Series: Routledge Studies in the History of Science, Technology and Medicine

A historical exploration of scientific disputes on the causation of so-called ‘prion diseases’, this fascinating book covers diseases including Scrapie, Creutzfeldt-Jakob Disease (CJD) and Bovine Spongiform Encephalopathy (BSE).

Firstly tracing the twentieth-century history of disease research and biomedicine, the text then focuses on the relations between scientific practice and wider social transformations, before finally building upon the sociologically informed methodological framework.

Incisive and thought-provoking, The Social Construction of Disease provides a valuable contribution to that well-established tradition of social history of science, which refers primarily to the theoretical works of the sociology of scientific knowledge.

By: Kiheung Kim
Imprint: Routledge
Country of Publication: United Kingdom
Edition: annotated edition
Volume: v. 25
Dimensions: Height: 234mm, Width: 156mm, Spine: 22mm
Weight: 544g
ISBN: 9780415360517
ISBN 10: 041536051X
Series: Routledge Studies in the History of Science, Technology and Medicine
Pages: 272
Publication Date: 26 October 2006
Audience: College/higher education , Professional and scholarly , Professional & Vocational , Primary , Further / Higher Education
Format: Hardback
Publisher's Status: Active

Wellcome Trust Centre for the History of Medicine, University College London, UK