Medical power and social knowledge

Authors:Bryan S. Turner, Colin Samson

Summary:`Turner′s intelligible and readable style and his broad grasp of social theory and history make this volume an interesting blend of historical particularities and specific cross-national examples. It is a work that is both entertaining, informative and accessible′ - Medical Sociology News

Print Book, English, 1995

Edition:2nd ed View all formats and editions

Publisher: Sage, London, 1995

Physical Description:271 p. ; 24 cm

ISBN:

9780803975996, 9780803975989, 0803975996, 0803975988

OCLC Number / Unique Identifier:638928107

Subjects:

Medicina social

Sociología de la medicina

Contents:

PART ONE: INTRODUCTIONMedical SociologyReligion and Medicine From Sin to SicknessPART TWO: CONCEPTS OF DISEASE AND SICKNESSOn Being SickMadness and Psychiatry - Colin SamsonWomen′s Complaints Patriarchy and IllnessAging, Dying and DeathPART THREE: SOCIAL ORGANIZATION OF MEDICAL POWERProfessions, Knowledge and PowerMedical Bureaucracies The Hospital, the Clinic and Modern SocietyCapitalism, Class and IllnessComparative Health Systems The Globalization of Medical PowerPART FOUR: CONCLUSIONThe Regulation of BodiesRisk Society and the New Regime of DiseaseThe Expanding Field of the Sociology of the Body