Barbara Prainsack is a political scientist specializing in the regulatory, social, and ethical dimensions of bioscience, biomedicine, and forensics. Her work delves into how these advanced sciences shape our society and the ethical challenges they present. She focuses on the complex interplay between scientific progress and societal norms. Prainsack offers insightful perspectives on the implications of scientific innovation for contemporary life.
The book combines moral imagination with social-political analysis to address the flaws in the political-economic system revealed by COVID-19. It explores how these insights can lead to transformative solutions, aiming to inspire readers to rethink and reshape societal structures in light of the pandemic's challenges.
"Personalized Medicine investigates the recent movement for patients' involvement in how they are treated, diagnosed, and medicated; a movement that accompanies the increasingly popular idea that people should be proactive, well-informed participants in their own healthcare. While it is often the case that participatory practices in medicine are celebrated as instances of patient empowerment or, alternatively, are dismissed as cases of patient exploitation, Barbara Prainsack challenges these views to illustrate how personalized medicine can give rise to a technology-focused individualism, yet also present new opportunities to strengthen solidarity. Facing the future, this book reveals how medicine informed by digital, quantified, and computable information is already changing the personalization movement, providing a contemporary twist on how medical symptoms or ailments are shared and discussed in society"--Provided by publisher.
Transdisciplinary Views on Science and Culture. by Barbara Prainsack, Silke Schicktanz, Gabriele Werner-Felmayer
Focusing on the interplay between genetics and socio-cultural factors, this volume examines how individual and collective identities are shaped by cultural interpretations of genomics. It engages in a transdisciplinary debate, highlighting the challenges and reinforcements of identities in the context of 'genetics 2.0'. The contributions within provide essential insights into the evolving controversies and dynamics in genetics during the early twenty-first century, making it a key reference for scholars and practitioners in the field.