Medical Work, Medical Knowledge and Health Care
A Sociology of Health and Illness Reader

Ellen Annandale (Edited by), E Annandale (Author), Mary Ann Elston (Edited by), Lindsay Prior (Edited by)

9780631223276, Wiley

Paperback / softback, published 7 March 2005

504 pages
23.1 x 15.2 x 3.7 cm, 0.721 kg

This Reader introduces students of sociology and health care to the changing fields of medical knowledge and medical work.

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• Provides a chronicle of reseach in the field of medical knowledge, medical work and health care over the past 25 years.
  
• Summarises changes in how health care was delivered and how medical knowledge and practice were conceptualised over this period.
  
• Section introductions by the editors situate the articles within a wider body of literature.
  
• A valuable resource for student of sociiology, social policy, social work, health policy or health care.

The book is a collection of articles already published in the journal Sociology of Health & Illness, organised into 4 sections:.

1. Medical Knowledge, Diagnosis and Treatment.

Subject Areas: Sociology & anthropology [JH]