Inclusion : The Politics of Difference in Medical Research - Steven Epstein

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Inclusion

The Politics of Difference in Medical Research

By: Steven Epstein

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Hardcover | 15 June 2007 | Edition Number 1

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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 underserved groups, Epstein argues that it has drawn attention away from the tremendous inequalities in health that are rooted not in biology but in society.

“Epstein’s use of theory to demonstrate how public policies in the health profession are shaped makes this book relevant for many academic disciplines. . . . Highly recommended.”—Choice

“A masterful comprehensive overview of a wide terrain.”—Troy Duster, Biosocieties

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"Epstein's use of theory to demonstrate how public policies in the health profession are shaped makes this book relevant for many academic disciplines.... Highly recommended." - Choice "A balanced analysis of the positive and negative effects of institutional changes on groups that are traditionally underrepresented in biomedical research." - New England Journal of Medicine"

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Acknowledgments
List of Abbreviations
Introduction: Health Research and the Remaking of Common Sense
How to Study a Biopolitical Paradigm
Histories of the Human Subject
The Rise of Resistance: Framing the Critique of the Standard Human
The Path to Reform: Aligning Categories, Targeting the State
Opposition to Reform: Controversy, Closure, and Boundary Work
Formalizing the New Regime
From the Standard Human to Niche Standardization
Counts and Consequences: Monitoring Compliance
The Science of Recruitmentology and the Politics of Trust
To Profile or Not to Profile: What Difference Does Race Make?
Sex Differences and the New Politics of Women's Health
Whither the Paradigm?
Conclusion: Identity, Difference, Disparities, and Biopolitical Citizenship
Chronology
Interviews
Notes
Index
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