Uncertainty in Medical Innovation

Experienced Pioneers in Neonatal Care

Jessica Mesman author

Format:Hardback

Publisher:Palgrave Macmillan

Published:14th Oct '08

Currently unavailable, and unfortunately no date known when it will be back

Uncertainty in Medical Innovation cover

The Neonatal Intensive Care Unit is a site where hi-tech medicine and vulnerable human beings come into close contact. Focusing on a number of medical and ethical challenges encountered by staff and parents, this book provides a new perspective on the complexity of these treatments and the inventiveness of those involved.

Winner of The Sociology of Health and Illness Book Prize 2009

'[T]his book is a luminous example of the ethnographic method in healthcare research, of the power of observation and the salience of situated knowledges which the approach makes visible. It is most closely and faithfully observed, offering great detail and precision, while at the same time being written in a flowing and accessible style which engages the reader, drawing us into the action.' - Maggie Mort, Dept of Sociology & Division of Medicine, Lancaster University

  • Winner of BSA Sociology of Health and Illness Book Prize 2009

ISBN: 9780230216723

Dimensions: unknown

Weight: 420g

219 pages