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TY - JOUR
T1 - Between Knowledge and Practice
T2 - On Medical Professionals, Patients, and the Making of the Genetics of Cancer.
AU - Palladino, Paolo
N1 - Pre-publication draft. The final, definitive version of this article has been published in the Journal, Social Studies of Science, 32 (1), 2002, © SAGE Publications Ltd, 2002 by SAGE Publications Ltd at the Social Studies of Science page: http://sss.sagepub.com/ on SAGE Journals Online: http://online.sagepub.com/
PY - 2002/2
Y1 - 2002/2
N2 - In this paper, I examine the historical development of a clinical test for `familial adenomatous polyposis' (FAP), an inherited condition which often leads to cancer of the colon. By paying attention to continuities and changes, especially in the engagement between those medical professionals and patients involved in the development of this test, I reconsider the relationship between knowledge and practice, with an eye to Michel Foucault's and Paul Rabinow's competing notions of `bio-power' and `biosociality'. I conclude by offering some speculative suggestions for further avenues of inquiry into the constitution of the `subject'.
AB - In this paper, I examine the historical development of a clinical test for `familial adenomatous polyposis' (FAP), an inherited condition which often leads to cancer of the colon. By paying attention to continuities and changes, especially in the engagement between those medical professionals and patients involved in the development of this test, I reconsider the relationship between knowledge and practice, with an eye to Michel Foucault's and Paul Rabinow's competing notions of `bio-power' and `biosociality'. I conclude by offering some speculative suggestions for further avenues of inquiry into the constitution of the `subject'.
KW - bio-power • biosociality • eventalization • familial adenomatous polyposis (FAP) • history • Michel Foucault • Paul Rabinow
U2 - 10.1177/0306312702032001006
DO - 10.1177/0306312702032001006
M3 - Journal article
VL - 32
SP - 137
EP - 165
JO - Social Studies of Science
JF - Social Studies of Science
SN - 0306-3127
IS - 1
ER -