Kerr, A, Ross, E, Jacques, G et al. (1 more author) (2018) The sociology of cancer: a decade of research. Sociology of Health and Illness, 40 (3). pp. 552-576. ISSN 0141-9889
Abstract
Biomedicine is often presented as the driving force behind improvements in cancer care, with genomics the latest innovation poised to change the meaning, diagnosis, treatment, prevention and lived experience of cancer. Reviewing sociological analyses of a diversity of patient and practitioner experiences and accounts of cancer during the last decade (2007–17), we explore the experiences of, approaches to and understandings of cancer in this period. We identify three key areas of focus: (i) cancer patient experiences and identities; (ii) cancer risk and responsibilities and (iii) bioclinical collectives. We explore these sociological studies of societal and biomedical developments and how sociologists have sought to influence developments in cancer identities, care and research. We end by suggesting that we extend our understanding of innovations in the fields of cancer research to take better account of these wider social and cultural innovations, together with patients, activists' and sociologists' contributions therein.
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Copyright, Publisher and Additional Information: | (c) 2018 The Authors. Sociology of Health & Illness published by John Wiley & Sons Ltd on behalf of Foundation for SHIL. This is an open access article under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits use, distribution and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited. (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/) |
Keywords: | biomedicine; cancer; identity; risk; science and technology studies (STS) |
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Institution: | The University of Leeds |
Academic Units: | The University of Leeds > Faculty of Education, Social Sciences and Law (Leeds) > School of Sociology and Social Policy (Leeds) |
Funding Information: | Funder Grant number Wellcome Trust 104832/Z/14/Z |
Depositing User: | Symplectic Publications |
Date Deposited: | 09 Oct 2017 10:18 |
Last Modified: | 23 Jun 2023 22:37 |
Status: | Published |
Publisher: | Wiley |
Identification Number: | 10.1111/1467-9566.12662 |
Open Archives Initiative ID (OAI ID): | oai:eprints.whiterose.ac.uk:122186 |
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