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: Higgs Paul (Editore), Scambler Graham (Editore), Paul Higgs (Editore), Graham Scambler (Editore)
• Editore: Taylor and Francis
• Contenuto: Libro
• Forma del prodotto: Copertina rigida
• Data pubblicazione: 23.04.1998
• Categoria: Scienze sociali, diritto, economia > Sociologia
• EAN: 9780415149389
• ISBN: 978-0-415-14938-9
• Numero di pagine: 262
• Dimensioni (della confezione): 13.8 x 21.6 cm
• Peso (della confezione): 640 g
• Categorie: 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, sociology of health and illness research, governmentality in healthcare, pain and suffering analysis