This book explore assumptions underpinning contemporary health policy discourses that emphasize personal responsibility for health, consider how they attach to changing information technologies, and discuss their influence on emerging forms of health 'work'.
R. Harris
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'The vignettes of research here are important and timely and will offer some useful entry points for students and scholars seeking to get a flavour of some key debates in current medical sociology.' - Sociology of Health & Illness