New Medical Technologies and Society - Reordering Life

Abstract

A critical introduction to the role and cultural significance of technological innovation in redefining the boundaries of medicine and the body, tracing this process through the figure of 'the lifecourse'. 1. Introduction : new medical technologies and society -- 2. Science and technology studies : opening the black bag -- 3. Reproducing medical technology -- 4. Maintaining the body -- 5. Substituting the body -- 6. Technologies of death and dying -- 7. Conclusion : reordering life.