1st Edition

Health, Medicine and Society Key Theories, Future Agendas

Edited By Michael Calnan, Jonathan Gabe, Simon J. Williams Copyright 2000
382 Pages
by Routledge

382 Pages
by Routledge

382 Pages
by Routledge

Taking as its point of departure recent developments in health and social theory Health, Medicine and Society brings together a range of eminent, international scholars to reflect upon key issues at the turn of the century. Contributors draw upon a range of contemporary theories, both modernist and postmodernist, to look at the following themes: *health and social structure *the contested... Read more
List of contributors, Introduction—Health, medicine and society key theories, future agendas, PART I Rethinking social structure and health, PART II The Body, PART III Risk and consumption, PART IV Emotions, Notes, Index

Biography

Michael Calnan, Jonathan Gabe, Simon J. Williams