Sociological reflections on the neurosciences

• Other Authors: Pickersgill, Martyn., Keulen, Ira Van.
• Format: Electronic
• 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.; elektronické knihy; electronic books
• ISBN: 9781848558816 (electronic bk.) :
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (xxii, 324 p.) : ill.

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...