Sociologies of Disability and Illness Contested Ideas in Disability Studies and Medical Sociology

This book critically compares conflicting perspectives and overlapping themes within the study of disability and illness across recent decades. With fresh interpretation of traditional theory in medical sociology and informed commentary on theoretical debates in disability studies, it is provocative reading for students and scholars in this field.>

About the author

CAROL THOMAS is Reader in Sociology at the Institute for Health Research, Lancaster University, UK.

Product details

• Authors: Carol Thomas, C. Thomas, C Thomas, Thomas Carol
• Publisher: Macmillan
• Content: Book
• Product form: Paperback / Softback
• Publication date: 27.04.2007
• Subject: Natural sciences, medicine, IT, technology > Medicine > General; Social sciences, law, business > Social sciences (general)
• EAN: 9781403936370
• ISBN: 978-1-4039-3637-0
• Pages: 224
• Subjects: Nation, B, Sociology, Social Sciences, Social medicine, Medical Sociology, care;medical sociology;Nation;sociology, care; medical sociology; Nation; sociology