Fathering and Poverty: Uncovering Men's Participation in Low-Income Family Life

by Mette Furbo, Maggie Mort, Celia Roberts, et al.

Book Overview

This book offers a critique of the popular claim that more data equals better health. In a study that redefines the public, academic, and policy debates around health, bodies, information and data, the authors consider the ways in which the phenomenon of self-diagnosis has created alternative worlds of knowledge and practices which are often at odds with professional medical advice. With a focus on data that concerns significant life changes, this...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1447348664
• ISBN13: 9781447348665
• Release Date: September 2021
• Publisher: Policy Press
• Length: 262 Pages
• Weight: 0.90 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 6.1" x 9.1"