Medicine and the body / Simon J. Williams.

  • Williams, Simon J. (Simon Johnson), 1961-
Date:
2003
  • Books

About this work

Publication/Creation

London : Sage Publications, 2003.

Physical description

251 pages ; 25 cm

Contents

Introduction: medical sociology in the new millennium -- The biomedical body: reductionism, constructionism and beyond -- What is health? Thinking through the boundaries of the body -- 'Structuring' bodies: emotions, inequalities and health -- Children, ageing and health: bodies across the lifecourse -- Bodily dys-order: chronic illness as biographical disruption? -- Dormant/mortal bodies: sleep, death and dying in late/postmodernity -- Reason, emotion and 'mental' health: where do we draw the line? -- Hi-tech bodies: from corporeality to hyperreality? -- Caring bodies/embodied ethics -- Conclusion: the challenges ahead.

Bibliographic information

Includes bibliographical references (pages 216-242) and index.

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  • LocationStatus
    History of Medicine
    JQ /WIL
    Open shelves

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ISBN

  • 0761956387
  • 9780761956389
  • 0761956395
  • 9780761956396