| Description |
xiii, 192 pages ; 24 cm |
| Series |
Critical studies in health and society |
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Critical studies in health and society.
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| Contents |
1. Lifestyle as a medical explanatory model -- 2. Sociological and medical conceptions of lifestyle --3. Assumptions underlying the medical approach to lifestyle -- 4. Lifestyle in medical and lay texts -- 5. Doctors' understandings of lifestyle -- 6. Reflections on lifestyle in medicine |
| Summary |
'Lifestyle' as an explanation for health and illness has become common in western societies, particularly for chronic conditions such as cancer, cardiovascular disease and adult onset diabetes. This book explores the lifestyle paradigm, which has resulted in social factors being included in medical and lay explanations of health and illness |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages [153]-182) and index |
| Subject |
Lifestyles -- Health aspects.
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| Author |
Easthope, Gary.
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| ISBN |
0415356849 (hbk.) |
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0415356857 (paperback) |
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9780415356848 (hbk.) |
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9780415356855 (paperback) |
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