| Description |
x, 202 p. |
| Series |
Critical studies in health and society |
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Critical studies in health and society.
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| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Contents |
Introduction theory, theorists and the sociology of health / Graham Scambler -- Foucault, health and healthcare / Alan Petersen Chapter -- Consuming bodies : Zygmunt Bauman on the difference between fitness and health / Paul Higgs -- Jurgen Habermas : politics and morality in health and medicine / Gemma Edwards -- Luhmann's social systems theory, health and illness / Barry Gibson and Olga Boiko -- Bourdieu and the impact of health and illness in the lifeworld / Sasha Scambler -- Merleau-Ponty, medicine and the body / Nick Crossley -- World system theory and the epidemiological transition / Martin Hyde And Anthony Rosie -- Archer, morphogenesis and the role of agency in the sociology of health inequalities / Graham Scambler -- Deleuze and Guattari / Nick Fox -- Health and medicine in the information age : Castells, informational capitalism and the network society / Simon Williams. |
| Reproduction |
Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, MI : ProQuest, 2015. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest affiliated libraries. |
| Subject |
Social medicine.
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Public welfare.
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Sociology -- Philosophy.
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| Genre/Form |
Electronic books.
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| Added Author |
Scambler, Graham.
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ProQuest (Firm)
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| ISBN |
9780415597821 (hardback) |
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9780415597838 (pbk.) |
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9780203122686 (electronic bk.) |
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