Medicine as culture : illness, disease and the body / Deborah Lupton.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Lupton, Deborah, author.

Contributor:

ebrary, Inc.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Medical anthropology.

Social medicine.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (xii, 195 pages)

Edition:

Third edition.

Place of Publication:

Los Angeles : Sage, 2012.

System Details:

text file

Summary:

Medicine as Culture is unlike any other sociological text on health and medicine. It combines perspectives drawn from a wide variety of disciplines including sociology, anthropology, social history, cultural geography and media and cultural studies. The book explores the ways in which medicine and health care are sociocultural constructions, ranging from popular media and elite cultural representations of illness to the power dynamics of the doctor-patient relationship.

The 3rd edition has been updated to cover new areas of interest, including:

Studies of space and place in relation to the body

Actor-network theory as it is applied in research related to medicine

The internet and social media and how they contribute to lay health knowledge and patient support

Complementary and alternative medicine

Obesity and fat politics.

Contextualising introductions and discussion points in every chapter make Medicine as Culture, 3rd edition a rigorous yet accessible text for students. Book jacket.

Contents:

1 Theoretical Perspectives on Medicine and Society 1

2 The Body in Medicine 20

3 Representations of Medicine, Illness and the Body 51

4 The Lay Perspective on Illness and Disease 79

5 Power Relations and the Medical Encounter 105

6 Feminisms and Medicine 137.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages [168]-190) and index.

Electronic reproduction. Palo Alto, Calif. : ebrary, 2011. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ebrary affiliated libraries.

OCLC:

797818350

Access Restriction:

Restricted for use by site license.