Health, Medicine and Society: Key Theories, Future Agendas

Health, Medicine and Society: Key Theories, Future Agendas
ISBN-10
1134598254
ISBN-13
9781134598250
Category
Social Science
Pages
384
Language
English
Published
2002-09-11
Publisher
Routledge
Authors
Michael Calnan, Jonathan Gabe, Simon J. Williams

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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