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Author:

Epstein, Steven.

Title:

Inclusion : the politics of difference in medical research / Steven Epstein.

Publisher:

University of Chicago Press,

Copyright Date:

2007

Description:

ix, 413 p. ; 24 cm.

Subject:

Medicine--Social aspects--Social aspects--United States.
Human experimentation in medicine--Social aspects--United States.
Clinical trials--Social aspects--United States.
Minorities--Medical care--United States.
Health and race--United States.
Social medicine--United States.
Research Subjects--United States.
Classification--methods--United States.
Cultural Diversity--United States.
Politics--United States.
Population Groups--United States.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (p. [311]-394) and index.

Contents:

How to study a biopolitical paradigm -- Histories of the human subject -- The rise of resistance : framing the critique of the standard human -- The path to reform : aligning categories, targeting the state -- Opposition to reform : controversy, closure, and boundary work -- Formalizing the new regime -- From the standard human to niche standardization -- Counts and consequences : monitoring compliance -- The science of recruitmentology and the politics of trust -- To profile or not to profile : what difference does race make? -- Sex differences and the new politics of women's health -- Whither the paradigm?

Series:

Chicago studies in practices of meaning

ISBN:

0226213099 (cloth : alk. paper)
9780226213095 (cloth : alk. paper)

LCCN:

2006039689

Locations:

USUX851 -- Iowa State University - Parks Library (Ames)

UNUX074 -- University of Northern Iowa - Rod Library (Cedar Falls)

ULAX314 -- Loras College Library (Dubuque)

OVUX522 -- University of Iowa Libraries (Iowa City)