Cancer, COVID-19, and the need for critique
| Autor: | Julia Swallow, William Viney, Clara Fabian-Therond, Henry Llewellyn, Cinzia Greco, Ignacia Arteaga |
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| Přispěvatelé: | Greco, Cinzia [0000-0001-7909-2451], Arteaga, Ignacia [0000-0001-5610-6419], Apollo - University of Cambridge Repository |
| Rok vydání: | 2021 |
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Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19)
Medicine (miscellaneous) Social Sciences Social studies General Biochemistry Genetics and Molecular Biology 03 medical and health sciences 0302 clinical medicine Situated Pandemic medicine Relevance (law) Sociology 030212 general & internal medicine Social science research 030304 developmental biology Cancer 0303 health sciences business.industry COVID-19 Limiting Articles Public relations medicine.disease United Kingdom Open Letter business |
| Zdroj: | Greco, C, Arteaga, I, Fabian-Therond, C, Llewellyn, H, Swallow, J & Viney, W 2020, ' Cancer, COVID-19, and the need for critique ', Wellcome Open Research, vol. 280, no. 5, 280 . https://doi.org/10.12688/wellcomeopenres.16404.1 Wellcome Open Research |
| DOI: | 10.17863/cam.62887 |
| Popis: | In this open letter we examine the implications of the coronavirusdisease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic for cancer research and care fromthe point of view of the social studies of science, technology, andmedicine. We discuss how the pandemic has disrupted several aspectsof cancer care, underscoring the fragmentation of institutionalarrangements, the malleable priorities in cancer research, and thechanging promises of therapeutic innovation. We argue for the criticalrelevance of qualitative social sciences in cancer research during thepandemic despite the difficulties of immersive kinds of fieldwork.Social science research can help understand the ongoing, situated andlived impact of the pandemic, as well as fully underline its sociallystratified consequences. We outline the risk that limiting andprioritising research activities according to their immediate clinicaloutcomes might have in the relational and longitudinal understandingof cancer practices in the UK. Finally, we alert against potentialdistortions that a “covidization” of cancer research might entail,arguing for the need to maintain a critical point of view on thepandemic. |
| Databáze: | OpenAIRE |
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