1st Edition

Health Care and Health Knowledge

208 Pages

by Routledge

208 Pages

by Routledge

208 Pages

by Routledge

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Description

Originally published in 1977, Health Care and Health Knowledge presents some of the best new work being done in the field of medical sociology. Developments in the field have been prompted by both intellectual and social stimuli, and this book addresses the issue of medicine as an element in the maintenance of social order. The book studies how in the social context of medicine, health care is... Read more

Introduction

1. Images of Pregnancy in Antenatal Literature, Hilary Graham

2. Old Age as a Problem, Sally MacIntyre

3. Therapeutic Optimism and Treatment of the Insane, Michael Fears

4. The Reproduction of Medical Knowledge, Paul Atkinson

5. Social Control Rituals in Medicine, Arnold Arluke

6. Everyday and Medical Knowledge in Categorising Patients, David Hughes

7. Magical Elements in Orthodox Medicine, Tina Posner

8. When Was Your Last Period?, Joel Richman and W.O. Goldthorp

9. Policy and Practice in Paramedical Organisation, Malcolm Cross and Sara Arber

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