Inclusion: The Politics of Difference in Medical Research (Chicago Studies in Practices of Meaning)

Epstein, Steven

ISBN 10: 0226213099 / ISBN 13: 9780226213095

Published by University of Chicago Press, 2007

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Synopsis:

With "Inclusion", Steven Epstein argues that strategies to achieve diversity in medical research mask deeper problems, ones that might require a different approach and different solutions. Formal concern with this issue, Epstein shows, is a fairly recent phenomenon. Until the mid-1980s, scientists often studied groups of white, middle-aged men - and assumed that conclusions drawn from studying them would apply to the rest of the population. But struggles involving advocacy groups, experts, and Congress led to reforms that forced researchers to diversify the population from which they drew for clinical research. While the prominence of these inclusive practices has offered hope to traditionally undeserved groups, Epstein argues that it has drawn attention away from the tremendous inequalities in health that are rooted not in biology but in society.

About the Author: Steven Epstein is professor of sociology and director of the Science Studies Program at the University of California, San Diego. He is the author of Impure Science: AIDS, Activism, and the Politics of Knowledge and coauthor of Learning by Heart: AIDS and Schoolchildren in America's Communities.

Bibliographic Details

Title: Inclusion: The Politics of Difference in ...
Publisher: University of Chicago Press
Publication Date: 2007
Binding: Hardcover
Condition: Good