Erstverkaufstag: 19.11.2024

From SARS to Zika, and Ebola to COVID-19, epidemics and pandemics have become increasingly preval...

Erstverkaufstag: 07.01.2025

From SARS to Zika, and Ebola to COVID-19, epidemics and pandemics have become increasingly preval...

Ethical and practical issues around genetic research are of major international concern, both in ...

In recent years, a number of large population-based biobanks - genetic databases that combine gen...

The concept of risk is one of the most suggestive terms for evoking the cultural character of our...

The reception of Michel Foucault's work in the social sciences and humanities has been phenomenal...

The reception of Michel Foucault's work in the social sciences and humanities has been phenomenal...

Why is there currently such strong academic and popular interest in 'the body' in contemporary so...

Recent rapid advances in the biosciences have led to considerable debate about the social, ethica...

This book investigates the socio-political implications of bioethics discourse and practices in r...

Why is there currently such strong academic and popular interest in 'the body' in contemporary so...

Petersen and Lupton focus critically on the new public health, assessing its implications for the...