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The tyranny of health : doctors and the regulation of lifestyle / Michael Fitzpatrick.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Fitzpatrick, Michael, 1950-
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Medicine--Political aspects--Great Britain.
- Medicine.
- Medical policy--Great Britain.
- Medical policy.
- Medical care--Political aspects--Great Britain.
- Medical care.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (209 p.)
- Edition:
- 1st ed.
- Place of Publication:
- London ; New York : Routledge, c2001.
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- This book exposes the dangers of the explosion of health awareness for both patients and doctors. The author argues that we need to establish a clear boundary between the worlds of medicine and politics.
- Contents:
- Health scares and moral panics
- The regulation of lifestyle
- Screening
- The politics of health promotion
- The expansion of health
- The personal is the medical
- The crisis of modern medicine.
- Notes:
- Description based upon print version of record.
- Includes bibliographical references (p. 174-187) and index.
- ISBN:
- 1-134-56346-9
- 9786610329151
- 1-134-56347-7
- 1-280-32915-7
- 0-203-12926-1
- 0-203-17173-X
- 9780203129265
- OCLC:
- 277588967
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