Medicine as Culture : Illness, Disease and the Body
ISBN: 9781446208953 | 1446208958
Edition: 3rdFormat: Paperback
Publisher: SAGE Publications Ltd
Pub. Date: 4/5/2012
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Medicine as Culture has become the classic text for the sociology of health and illness, combining perspectives drawn from a wide variety of disciplines including sociology, anthropology, social history and cultural studies. The books teases out how medicine and health care are sociocultural constructions, ranging from mass media and high cultural representations of illness, disease, and health care workers to the power dynamics of the doctor-patient relationship. The Third Edition has been updated to cover new and emerging areas of interest in... MORE
| Introduction | |
| Theoretical Perspectives on Medicine and Society | |
| The Body in Medicine | |
| Representations of Medicine, Illness and the Body | |
| The Lay Perspective on Illness and Disease | |
| Power Relations and the Medical Encounter | |
| Feminisms and Medicine | |
| Conclusion | |
| References | |
| Table of Contents provided by Publishe... MORE |
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