Modernity, Medicine and Health

Sommario

List of contributors, Introduction, 1 Postmodernity and health, 2 The promise of postmodernism for the sociology of health and medicine, 3 Medical sociology and modernity: reflections on the public sphere and the roles of intellectuals and social critics, 4 Issues at the interface of medical sociology and public health, 5 Explaining health inequalities: how useful are concepts of social class?, 6 Gender, health and the feminist debate on postmodernism, 7 In search of the ‘missing body’: pain, suffering and the (post) modern condition, 8 Ageing, the lifecourse and the sociology of embodiment, 9 Risk, governmentality and the reconceptualization of citizenship, 10 Medicine and complementary medicine: challenge and change, 11 Postmodern adventures of life and death, Index

Riassunto

An opportunity for medical sociology to establish a voice in the key debates in social science today: modernity, postmodernity, structuralism and poststructuralism. Essential reading for students of the sociology of medicine, health and illness.

Dettagli sul prodotto

• Con la collaborazione di: Paul Higgs (Editore), Higgs Paul (Editore), Graham Scambler (Editore), Scambler Graham (Editore)
• Editore: Taylor and Francis
• Lingue: Inglese
• Formato: Copertina rigida
• Pubblicazione: 23.04.1998
• EAN: 9780415149389
• ISBN: 978-0-415-14938-9
• Pagine: 262
• Peso: 640 g
• Categorie: Scienze sociali, diritto, economia > Sociologia; Sociology, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Disease & Health Issues, MEDICAL / Health Care Delivery, Personal & public health, Illness & addiction: social aspects, Medical Sociology, Health, illness and addiction: social aspects, Personal and public health / health education