Living Data - Making Sense of Health Biosensing (Hardcover)

As individuals increasingly seek ways of accessing, understanding and sharing data about their own bodies, this book offers a critique of the popular claim that 'more information' equates to 'better health'. In a study that redefines the public, academic and policy related debates around health, bodies, information and data, the authors consider the ways in which the phenomenon of self-diagnosis has created alternative worlds of knowledge and practises which are often at odds with professional medical advice. With a focus on data that concerns significant life changes, this book explores the potential challenges related to people's changing relationships with traditional health systems as access to, and control over, data shifts.

General

Imprint:	Bristol University Press
Country of origin:	United Kingdom
Release date:	July 2019
First published:	2019
Authors:	Celia Roberts • Adrian Mackenzie • Maggie Mort
Adapted by:	Mette Kragh-Furbo • Joann Wilkinson • Theresa Atkinson
Dimensions:	198 x 129mm (L x W)
Format:	Hardcover
Pages:	208
ISBN-13:	978-1-5292-0750-7
Categories:	Books > Social sciences > Sociology, social studies > General Books > Medicine > General issues > Medical equipment & techniques > General Books > Medicine > General issues > Health systems & services > General
LSN:	1-5292-0750-9
Barcode:	9781529207507

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