Medicine as culture : illness, disease and the body in Western societies / Deborah Lupton.

  • Lupton, Deborah.
Date:
2003
  • Books

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Publication/Creation

London ; Thousand Oaks, CA : Sage Publications, 2003.

Physical description

202 pages ; 24 cm

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Edition

2nd ed.

Contents

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.

Bibliographic information

Includes bibliographical references (p. [175]-193) and index.

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    History of Medicine
    BA.U
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ISBN

  • 0761940294
  • 9780761940296
  • 0761940308
  • 9780761940302