The medicalization of cyberspace / Andy Miah and Emma Rich.

  • Miah, Andy, 1975-
Date:
2008
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Publication/Creation

London : Routledge, 2008.

Physical description

xv, 160 pages ; 24 cm

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Bibliographic information

Includes bibliographical references (p. [127]-157) and index.

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.

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    Medical Collection
    W83 2008M61m
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ISBN

  • 9780415393645
  • 0415393647
  • 9780415376228
  • 041537622X
  • 9780203931134
  • 0203931130