Fetal ultrasound screening has become routine practice in many western countries. During
the last decade, such screening has led to frequent situations characterised by clinical …

This sixth edition of A Dictionary of Epidemiology--the most updated since its inception--
reflects the profound substantive and methodological changes that have come to …

Using real-life examples and case histories and a highly readable, jargon-free style, this
volume addresses the complex interactions between health, illness, and culture. Integrating …

Medical screening raises fundamental issues for sociological inquiry, but at present a well‐
developed sociology of medical screening is lacking. This special issue on the sociology of …

In this lesson-packed book, Mark Nichter, one of the world's leading medical
anthropologists, summarizes what more than a quarter-century of health social science …

Abstract» Vergesst Foucault!«–so lautete die provokante Aufforderung Jean Baudrillards
Ende der 1970er Jahre. Ein Vierteljahrhundert später ist die sozialwissenschaftliche …

In this paper, we examine the concept of embodied uncertainty by exploring multiple
dimensions of uncertainty in the context of risks associated with extreme natural hazards …

Recent approaches to the new genetics stress the importance of placing hereditary risk
within the context of familial beliefs and dynamics. Nonetheless, few empirical studies on …

Passage of the DSHEA in 1994 created a new “liminal” category for the FDA: dietary
supplements are regulated as neither food nor drugs. However, there appears to be a …

Background. The introduction of human papillomavirus (HPV) testing into cervical screening
has the potential to alter public perceptions of cervical cancer by making explicit the role of a …