Inclusion The Politics of Difference in Medical Research

Name: Inclusion The Politics of Difference in Medical Research
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ISBN: 9780226213101

ISBN-10: 0226213102

ISBN-13: 9780226213101

Edition: 2009

Authors: Steven Epstein, S. Epstein

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As a society, we have learned to value diversity. But can some strategies to achieve diversity mask deeper problems, ones that might require a different approach and different solutions? WithInclusion, Steven Epstein argues that in the field of medical research, the answer is an emphatic yes. Formal concern with diversity in American medical research, Epstein shows, is a fairly recent phenomenon. Until the mid-1980s, few paid close attention to who was included in research subject pools. Not uncommonly, scientists studied groups of mostly white, middle-aged menand assumed that conclusions drawn from studying them would apply to the rest of the population. But struggles involving advocacy…

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List price: $30.00
Copyright year: 2009
Publisher: University of Chicago Press
Publication date: 4/1/2009
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 432
Size: 0.60" wide x 0.90" long x 0.10" tall
Weight: 1.232
Language: English



Acknowledgments


List of Abbreviations


Introduction: Health Research and the Remaking of Common Sense



How to Study a Biopolitical Paradigm



Histories of the Human Subject



The Rise of Resistance: Framing the Critique of the Standard Human



The Path to Reform: Aligning Categories, Targeting the State



Opposition to Reform: Controversy, Closure, and Boundary Work



Formalizing the New Regime



From the Standard Human to Niche Standardization



Counts and Consequences: Monitoring Compliance



The Science of Recruitmentology and the Politics of Trust



To Profile or Not to Profile: What Difference Does Race Make?



Sex Differences and the New Politics of Women's Health



Whither the Paradigm?


Conclusion: Identity, Difference, Disparities, and Biopolitical Citizenship


Chronology


Interviews


Notes


Index