Introduction: What Measuring Means
This introductory chapter aims to contribute to the theoretical and epistemological construction of measure and measuring, by reviewing the main analytical frameworks through which the measurement of the human has been understood. In this book, measuremen
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From Measuring Rods to DNA Sequencing Assessing the Human Edited by Ingrid Voléry Marie-Pierre Julien
Health, Technology and Society
Series Editors Andrew Webster Department of Sociology University of York York, UK Sally Wyatt Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences Maastricht University Maastricht, The Netherlands
Medicine, health care, and the wider social meaning and management of health are undergoing major changes. In part this reflects developments in science and technology, which enable new forms of diagnosis, treatment and delivery of health care. It also reflects changes in the locus of care and the social management of health. Locating technical developments in wider socio-economic and political processes, each book in the series discusses and critiques recent developments in health technologies in specific areas, drawing on a range of analyses provided by the social sciences. Some have a more theoretical focus, some a more applied focus but all draw on recent research by the authors. The series also looks toward the medium term in anticipating the likely configurations of health in advanced industrial society and does so comparatively, through exploring the globalization and internationalization of health. More information about this series at http://www.palgrave.com/gp/series/14875
Ingrid Voléry • Marie-Pierre Julien Editors
From Measuring Rods to DNA Sequencing Assessing the Human
Editors Ingrid Voléry Laboratoire Lorrain de Sciences Sociales Université de Lorraine Nancy, France
Marie-Pierre Julien Laboratoire Lorrain de Sciences Sociales Université de Lorraine Nancy, France
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