Biomedical Sciences in Society

Dr Iain Crinson is senior lecturer in the sociology of health and health policy at St Georges, University of London. His previously published books and journal papers focus on the social organisation of healthcare systems, the work of the health professions, and sociology as applied to biomedicine.

• Chapter 1:  An Introduction to Interdisciplinarity and the Social Studies of Science and Technology.- Chapter 2: An introduction to the Philosophy of Science.- Chapter 3: Laboratory Studies, Epistemic Cultures, and the Routines of Scientific Work.- Chapter 4:  The ‘Gaze’ of the Neurosciences.- Chapter 5: The Neuro Enculturation of the Social World.- Chapter 6: Genomics in an era of Personalised Medicine.- Chapter 7: Social Implications of the Epigenetics ‘Revolution’.- Chapter 8: Governance 1 - Trust, Policy, and the Public Understanding of Science.- Chapter 9: Governance 2 - Regulation, Consent, Biobanks and Big Data.- Chapter 10: Gendering Biomedical Science.- Chapter 11: Conclusion.