“In this special edition of Surveillance & Society we ask whether increasing medical surveillance does, indeed, constitute a dangerous future and what that future might hold. In particular, this special edition seeks to explore the interplay between surveillance as reassurance and obligation on the one hand, and resistance and negotiation on the other.”
Table of Contents
Editorial:
Health, Medicine and Surveillance in the 21st Century
Sarah Earle, Pam Foley, Carol Komaromy, Cathy E. Lloyd
Articles:
Woven of War-Time Fabrics: The globalization of public health surveillance
Martin A. French
Observing the Others, Watching Over Oneself: Themes of medical surveillance in post-panoptic society
Susanne Bauer, Jan Eric Olsén
Producing Bodies and Borders: A review of immigrant medical examinations in Canada
Sarah Weibe
Does my bum look big in this? Reconsidering anorexia nervosa within the culture context of 20th century Australia
Cheryl Day
‘@ the doctor’s office’: Pro-anorexia and the medical gaze
Mebbie Bell
Prothetic Surveillance: The medical governance of healthy bodies in cyberspace
Emma Rich, Andy Miah
