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The sociology of cancer

A Decade of Research

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ID2249354
AuthorsAnne Kerr (0000-0002-9958-301X, School of Sociology and Social Policy University of Leeds UK, corresponding author), Emily Ro (0000-0002-5165-7649, The Usher Institute Edinburgh Medical School University of Edinburgh UK), Gwen Jacques (School of Sociology and Social Policy University of Leeds UK), Sarah Cunningham-Burley (0000-0002-0009-7653), Sarah Cunningham‐burley (The Usher Institute Edinburgh Medical School University of Edinburgh UK)
Year2018
Volume40
Issue3
Pages552-576
Publication date2018-03-01
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessYes
TypeARTICLE
VenueSociology of Health & Illness (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 0141-9889 • E-ISSN: 1467-9566
PublisherWiley (PUBLISHER • GB)
DOI10.1111/1467-9566.12662
PMID29446117
OpenAlexW2787986226
LanguageEN
Citations received31
References cited246

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

Engineering ethics · Sociology · Biomedical Ethics and Regulation · Engineering · Ethics in Clinical Research · Race, Genetics, and Society

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