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The Formation of the Cypriot Thalassaemia Prevention System: The ‘Slow’ Assembly and Construction of a Problem (1944‐1984)
Author(s) -
Kyriakides Theodoros
Publication year - 2020
Publication title -
journal of historical sociology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.186
H-Index - 26
eISSN - 1467-6443
pISSN - 0952-1909
DOI - 10.1111/johs.12270
Subject(s) - corporate governance , modality (human–computer interaction) , sociology , political science , psychology , public relations , business , computer science , finance , human–computer interaction
Thalassaemia is one of the most widespread recessive blood disorders in the world. This article focuses the historical trajectory by which the Cypriot thalassaemia prevention system, one of the most successful of its kind, achieved full prevention rate. By tracing the history of decision‐making of medical practitioners central to the construction of the prevention system, my objective is to further elucidate underlying logics of policy‐making and health governance which can account for its success. As I suggest, the Cypriot thalassaemia prevention system achieved a full prevention rate because it operated according to a ‘slow’ modality of problematisation and decision‐making, which accounted for the cultural, social and ethical dimensions specific to the Cypriot public.