Sickle Cell and the Social Sciences: Health, Racism and Disablement

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dc.cclicenceN/Aen
dc.contributor.authorDyson, Simon
dc.date.acceptance2019-04-15
dc.date.accessioned2019-04-09T10:10:23Z
dc.date.available2019-04-09T10:10:23Z
dc.date.issued2019-04-15
dc.descriptionTable of Contents Introduction 1. Sickle Cell and the Simplifications of Science 2. Why Genes are not "For" Sickle Cell 3. A Long History of Sickle Cell: Sickle Cell and Malaria 4. A Short History of Sickle Cell: The Twentieth Century in the US 5. Sickle Cell and Athletes 6. Sickle Cell and Deaths in State Custody 7. Ethnicity and Sickle Cell 8. Genetic Carriers and Antenatal Screening 9. Newborn Screening (Ghana) 10. SCD and the Social Model of Disability (Nigeria) 11. Sickle Cell and Social Policy: The Case of SCD and Schools Conclusion Epilogueen
dc.description.abstractSickle cell disease (SCD) is a severe chronic illness and one of the world’s most common genetic conditions, with 400,000 children born annually with the disorder, mainly in Sub-Saharan Africa, India, Brazil, the Middle East and in diasporic African populations in North America and Europe. Biomedical treatments for SCD are increasingly available to the world’s affluent populations, while such medical care is available only in attenuated forms in Africa, India and to socio-economically disadvantaged groups in North America and Europe. Often a condition rendered invisible in policy terms because of its problematic association with politically marginalized groups, the social study of sickle cell has been neglected. This illuminating volume explores the challenges and possibilities for developing a social view of sickle cell, and for improving the quality of lives of those living with SCD. Tackling the controversial role of screening and genetics in SCD, the book offers a brief thematic history of approaches to the condition, queries the role of ethnicity and includes a discussion of how the social model of disability can be applied, as well as featuring chapters focusing on athletics, prisons and schools. Bringing together a wide range of original research conducted in the USA, the UK, Ghana and Nigeria, Sickle Cell and the Social Sciences is anchored in the discipline of sociology, but draws upon a diverse range of fields, including public health, anthropology, social policy and disability studies.en
dc.funderNo external funderen
dc.identifier.citationDyson, S.M. (2019) Sickle Cell and the Social Sciences: Health, Racism and Disablement Abingdon, Routledgeen
dc.identifier.doihttps://doi.org/10.4324/9781315098685
dc.identifier.isbn9781138298392
dc.identifier.urihttps://www.dora.dmu.ac.uk/handle/2086/17697
dc.language.isoenen
dc.peerreviewedYesen
dc.projectidN/Aen
dc.publisherRoutledge (Taylor & Francis)en
dc.researchinstituteInstitute for Allied Health Sciences Researchen
dc.subjectsickle cellen
dc.subjectsocial scienceen
dc.subjectsociologyen
dc.subjectracismen
dc.subjectdisability studiesen
dc.subjectgeneticsen
dc.subjectUKen
dc.subjectUSAen
dc.subjectGhanaen
dc.subjectNigeriaen
dc.subjectCyprusen
dc.titleSickle Cell and the Social Sciences: Health, Racism and Disablementen
dc.typeBooken

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