ABSTRACT

First published in 1997. Routledge is an imprint of Taylor & Francis, an informa company.

chapter 1|14 pages

Introduction

chapter 2|26 pages

Accidents and social science

chapter 3|28 pages

Modernity and the emergence of accidents

chapter 4|24 pages

Medicine and morality

chapter 6|38 pages

Risk and high modernity

chapter 7|38 pages

The social construction of accidents