{"product_id":"health-studies-a-critical-and-cross-cultural-reader-paperback-softback-9780631201908","title":"Health Studies; A Critical and Cross-Cultural Reader (Paperback \/ softback) 9780631201908","description":"\u003cfont face=\"Georgia\"\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"6\"\u003eHealth Studies\u003c\/font\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\r\n\u003cfont size=\"5\"\u003eA Critical and Cross-Cultural Reader\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"4\"\u003eColin Samson (Edited by), C Samson (Author)\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e9780631201908, Wiley\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003ePaperback \/ softback, published 23 August 1999\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e392 pages\u003cbr\u003e25 x 20 x 1.5 cm, 0.624 kg\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e\"I found the book an extremely rewarding read and strongly recommend it to anyone with an interest in health and illness.\"\u003ci\u003eSteven P Wainwright, King's College London\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eThis volume brings together key readings of significant moments in the understanding of health. It goes beyond the often superficial literature-review style of medical sociology texts.\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003ePreface. \u003cp\u003eAcknowledgements.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003ePart I: Biomedicine and the Body:\u003c\/b\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e1. Biomedicine and the Body: Colin Samson.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e2. Spaces and Classes: Michel Foucault.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e3. Natural Facts: A Historical Perspective on Science and Sexuality: L.J. Jordanova.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e4. Artificiality and Enlightenment: From Sociobiology to Biosociality: Paul Rabinow.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003ePart II: Disease and the Self:\u003c\/b\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e5. Disease and the Self: Colin Samson.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e6. Human Contact in Life-Threatening Environments: James J. Lynch.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e7. Cancer and the Self: How Illness Constellates Meaning: Roger Levin.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e8. Illness as Metaphor and AIDS and Its Metaphors: Susan Sontag.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e9. Holistic Medicine: Fred Frohock.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003ePart III: The Physician and the Patient:\u003c\/b\u003e .\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e10. The Physician and the Patient: Colin Samson.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e11. The Last Hippie: Oliver Sacks.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e12. The Body as Territory and Wonder: Arthur W. Frank.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e13. Myalgic Encephalomyelitis and the Medical Encounter: Lesley Cooper.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e14. A Fortunate Man: John Berger.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003ePart IV: Creating Sickness:\u003c\/b\u003e .\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e15. Creating Sickness: Colin Samson.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e16. Results of Industrialisation: Freidrich Engels.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e17. Rats' Tails and Trypanosomes: Nature and Culture in Early Colonial Medicine: Megan Vaughan.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e18. Yuuyaraq: The Way of the Human Being: Harold Napoleon.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e19. Nervoso: Medicine, Sickness, and Human Needs: Nancy Scheper-Hughes.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eIndex.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eSubject Areas: Sociology \u0026amp; anthropology [\u003ca title=\"See our other books on Sociology \u0026amp; anthropology\" href=\"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/search?q=%22Sociology%20\u0026amp;%20anthropology%20%5BJH%5D%22\"\u003eJH\u003c\/a\u003e]\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003c\/font\u003e","brand":"Wiley-Blackwell","offers":[{"title":"Brand New","offer_id":52316783280408,"sku":"9780631201908","price":51.95,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0730\/2037\/5320\/files\/9780631201908.jpg?v=1781825395","url":"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/products\/health-studies-a-critical-and-cross-cultural-reader-paperback-softback-9780631201908","provider":"Freshly Printed Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}