Health, Medicine and Society - Key Theories, Future Agendas (Paperback, New)

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.

General

Imprint:	Routledge
Country of origin:	United Kingdom
Release date:	February 2000
First published:	2000
Editors:	Michael Calnan • Jonathan Gabe • Simon J. Williams
Dimensions:	234 x 156 x 20mm (L x W x T)
Format:	Paperback
Pages:	382
Edition:	New
ISBN-13:	978-0-415-22136-8
Categories:	Books > Social sciences > Sociology, social studies > Social theory Books > Social sciences > Sociology, social studies > Anthropology > General Books > Medicine > General issues > Public health & preventive medicine > General
LSN:	0-415-22136-6
Barcode:	9780415221368

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