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Health, Medicine and Society : Key Theories, Future Agendas

By Simon Williams

Book information

Year
2000
ISBN
0415221358, 9780415221351, 0415221366, 9780415221368, 9780203463611
Open Library ID
OL18140373M
Language
english
Format
PDF
Filesize
1 MB (1479756 bytes)
Edition
1st
Pages
384\383
Topic
Medicine
Time added
2011-06-04 13:46:07

Description

Taking as its point of departure recent developments in health and social theory Health, Medicine and Society brings together a range of eminent, international scholars to reflect upon key issues at the turn of the century. Contributors draw upon a range of contemporary theories, both modernist and postmodernist, to look at the following themes: *health and social structure*the contested nature of the body*the salience of consumption and risk*the challenge of emotions Health, Medicine and Society provides a 'state-of-the-art' assessment of health related issues at the millennium and a cogent set of arguments for the centrality of health to contemporary social theory. Written in a clear, accessible style it will be ideal reading for students and researchers in health studies, public health, medical sociology, medicine and nursing.

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