Preface vii

1. Doing Disease 1

2. Different Atheroscleroses 29

3. Coordination 53

4. Distribution 87

5. Inclusion 119

6. Doing Theory 151

Bibliography 185

Index 191

Winner, 2004 Ludwig Fleck Award, Society for the Social Studies of Science

Winner, Sociology of Health & Illness Book Prize, (British Sociological Association’s Medical Sociology work group)

“[Mol’s book] seems to open up the possibility of a more productive and engaged relationship between ethics, social science and medical science and practice.” — Michael Parker, Biosocieties

"The Body Multiple pushes far beyond a historical project aimed at unmaking the science of a disease. Annemarie Mol offers a sharp rendering of experience and knowledge in relation to illness and the production of medical science as the site of meaning. The book is one that should be returned to often." — Todd Meyers, Medical Anthropology Quarterly

"[R]emarkable. . . . [Mol's] new book is brilliant, wonderfully polyglot, insightful, humorous, and bold, almost but not quite to the point of outrageous. . . . [H]er refreshing new book is an original 'object'-a creation that deserves a prominent place as a cornerstone in the canon of medical epistemology." — Jacalyn Duffin, Journal of History of Medicine and Allied Sciences

"The Body Multiple is my nominee for defining medical sociology in the 21st century. . . . [E]ngaging. . . . Awards committees should take notice of this major contribution." — Arthur W. Frank, American Journal of Sociology

Winner, 2004 Ludwig Fleck Award, Society for the Social Studies of Science

Winner, Sociology of Health & Illness Book Prize, (British Sociological Association’s Medical Sociology work group)

“[Mol’s book] seems to open up the possibility of a more productive and engaged relationship between ethics, social science and medical science and practice.” —Michael Parker, Biosocieties

"The Body Multiple pushes far beyond a historical project aimed at unmaking the science of a disease. Annemarie Mol offers a sharp rendering of experience and knowledge in relation to illness and the production of medical science as the site of meaning. The book is one that should be returned to often." —Todd Meyers, Medical Anthropology Quarterly

"[R]emarkable. . . . [Mol's] new book is brilliant, wonderfully polyglot, insightful, humorous, and bold, almost but not quite to the point of outrageous. . . . [H]er refreshing new book is an original 'object'-a creation that deserves a prominent place as a cornerstone in the canon of medical epistemology." —Jacalyn Duffin, Journal of History of Medicine and Allied Sciences

"The Body Multiple is my nominee for defining medical sociology in the 21st century. . . . [E]ngaging. . . . Awards committees should take notice of this major contribution." —Arthur W. Frank, American Journal of Sociology

“The Body Multiple is a magnificent achievement. Annemarie Mol deftly reveals in compelling language how ontologies are not transcendent but are brought about in practice. Focusing on the body and disease, her ethnography of the manipulation of knowledge, and not the objects of knowledge, forces us to comprehend reality as multiple. This book will, without doubt, move the philosophy and anthropology of medicine to new heights.” — Margaret Lock, McGill University

“The Body Multiple is compelling, wonderfully and sometimes slyly well-written, and full of innovative insights into ‘actually existing medical practice.’ Mol’s parallel text is well-placed intellectually in relation to her primary research text on atherosclerosis, and it provides a powerful teaching tool on how to think through and with science studies literatures when conducting an empirical project.” — Rayna Rapp, New York University

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