The Sociology of Medical Screening: Critical Perspectives, New Directions

The Sociology of Medical Screening: Critical Perspectives, New Directions presents a series of readings that provide an up-to-date overview of the diverse sociological issues relating to population-based medical screening.

• Features new research data in most of the contributions
• Includes contributions from eminent sociologists such as David Armstrong, Stefan Timmermans, and Alison Pilnick
• Represents one of the only collections to specifically address the sociology of medical screening