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The medicalization of cyberspace / Andy Miah and Emma Rich.

Van Pelt Library R119.95 .M53 2008
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Format:
Book
Author/Creator:
Miah, Andy, 1975-
Contributor:
Rich, Emma, 1977-
George R. Fink Memorial Fund.
Language:
English
Subjects (All):
Medical telematics.
Medical informatics.
Social medicine.
Physical Description:
xv, 160 pages ; 24 cm
Place of Publication:
London ; New York : Routledge, 2008.
Contents:
Medicalization in cyberspace
The cybeborg body
Cybermedicine and reliability discourse
Virtual governance of health behaviour
Cyberpatients, illness narratives and medicalization
Partial prostitution
Biological property rights in cyberspace
The online pro-ana movement
The bioethics of cybermedicalization
Conclusion: after-cyborgs or artificial life.
Notes:
Includes bibliographical references (pages [127]-157) and index.
Local Notes:
Acquired for the Penn Libraries with assistance from the George R. Fink Memorial Fund.
ISBN:
9780415393645
0415393647
9780415376228
041537622X
9780203931134
0203931130
OCLC:
166317500

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