{"product_id":"personalised-cancer-medicine-anne-kerr-9781526141026","title":"Personalised Cancer Medicine: Future Crafting in the Genomic Era","description":"\u003cp\u003eWhat does it mean to personalise cancer medicine? Drawing on an ethnographic study with cancer patients, carers and practitioners in the UK, this book traces their efforts to access and interpret novel genomic tests, information and treatments as they craft personal and collective futures. Exploring multiple experiences of new diagnostic tests, research programmes and trials, advocacy and experimental therapies, the authors chart the different kinds of care and work involved in efforts to personalise cancer medicine, as well as the ways in which benefits and opportunities are unevenly realised and distributed. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eComparing these experiences with policy and professional accounts of the 'big' future of personalised healthcare, the authors show how hope and care are multi-faceted, contingent and, at times, frustrated in the everyday complexities of living and working with cancer. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eThis book is available as an open access ebook under a CC-BY-NC-ND licence.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Anne Kerr, Choon Key Chekar, Emily Ross\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1526141027\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781526141026\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Manchester University Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 01\/05\/2021\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 288\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.06lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.50h x 5.50w x 0.69d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eReview Citation(s): \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eChoice\u003c\/i\u003e 11\/01\/2021","brand":"Anne Kerr","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":43991459627263,"sku":"9781526141026","price":36.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_dac6e50b-3ac7-4bc4-ae0e-cee1a56cf11d.jpg?v=1683310424","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/personalised-cancer-medicine-anne-kerr-9781526141026","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}