Sociological reflections on the neurosciences

• Other Authors: Pickersgill, Martyn, Keulen, Ira Van
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Bingley, U.K. : Emerald, 2011.
• Series: Advances in medical sociology ; v. 13.
• Subjects: Neurosciences > Social aspects.; Social medicine.; Social Science > Sociology > General.; Medical > General.; Medical > Epidemiology.; Medical sociology.; Epidemiology & medical statistics.

The neurosciences are the new cutting edge in biomedicine, and this is the first book to take a sociological imagination to this field. The neurosciences are more than a collection of scientific practices they offer up new ways of thinking about mind, body and society. Up to now, debate about the ne...