Download This PaperThe Digital Cyborg Assemblage: Haraway's Cyborg Theory and the New Digital Health Technologies
The Handbook of Social Theory for the Sociology of Health and Medicine, F. Collyer, ed., Palgrave Macmillan, Forthcoming
15 Pages Posted: 2 Jun 2013
Date Written: May 20, 2013
Abstract
This book chapter uses the cyborg theory of Donna Haraway to analyse the new digital health technologies, including self-monitoring and self-care devices used in telemedicine and health promotion.
Keywords: digital media, new digital technologies, digital health, Donna Haraway, cyborg theory, self-tracking, telemedicine, self-care, healthcare, medical sociology
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Lupton, Deborah, The Digital Cyborg Assemblage: Haraway's Cyborg Theory and the New Digital Health Technologies (May 20, 2013). The Handbook of Social Theory for the Sociology of Health and Medicine, F. Collyer, ed., Palgrave Macmillan, Forthcoming, Available at SSRN: https://ssrn.com/abstract=2272963
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