Title Medicine as culture : illness, disease and the body in western societies / Deborah Lupton

Edition Second edition Published London : SAGE Pub., 2003

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Description 202 pages ; 24 cm Contents Machine derived contents note: Introduction -- Theoretical Perspectives on Medicine and Society -- The Body in Medicine -- Representations of Medicine, Illness and Disease in Elite and Popular Culture -- The Lay Perspective on Illness and Disease -- Power Relations and the Medical Encounter -- Feminisms and Medicine -- Conclusion Summary This edition provides a broad overview of the way medicine is experienced, perceived and socially constructed in Western societies Notes Cover title: Medicine as culture First published: 1994 Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages [175]-193) and index Subject Medicine -- Sociology Social medicine. Medical anthropology. Gender Identity. Human Body. Metaphor. Power (Psychology) Mass Media. Professional-Patient Relations. Attitude to Health. Disease. Feminism. Social Medicine. Anthropology, Cultural. LC no. 2003103977 ISBN 0761940294 cased 0761940308 paperback

Other Titles Medicine as culture Illness, disease and the body in western societies

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