Sickle cell disease and the social sciences : health, racism and disablement / Simon Dyson.

Abingdon, Oxon ; New York, NY : Routledge, Taylor & Francis Group, 2019.

ix, 241 pages : black and white illustrations ; 25 cm

This book was donated as part of the Sickle Cell Society archive held by Wellcome Collection, reference SA/SCS https://wellcomecollection.org/works/erermr9

Copy 1. Donor: Sickle Cell Society.

Sickle cell and the complications of science -- Why genes are not for sickle cell -- A long history of sickle cell : sickle cell and malaria -- A short history of sickle cell : the twentieth century in the US -- Sickle cell trait and athletics -- Sickle cell and deaths in state contact -- Ethnicity, migration and sickle cell -- Genetic carriers and antenatal screening -- Newborn screening -- SCD and the social model of disability -- Sickle cell and social policy : the case of SCD and schools.

Includes bibliographical references (pages 203-231) and index.