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Embodiment : clinical, critical and cultural perspectives on health and illness / Malcolm MacLachlan.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- MacLachlan, Malcolm.
- Series:
- Health psychology.
- Health psychology
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Human body--Social aspects.
- Human body.
- Mind and body.
- Medical anthropology.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (224 p.)
- Edition:
- 1st ed.
- Place of Publication:
- Maidenhead : Open University Press, 2004.
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- Embodiment illustrates how we are now in an age of ''body plasticity''; our body boundaries are increasingly ambiguous, allowing more ''degrees of freedom'' and offering more opportunities than ever before to overcome physical limitations. The book draws on research from diverse areas including health and clinical psychology, neuroscience, medicine, anthropology, and sociology.
- Contents:
- Cover; Half Title; Title; Copyright; Dedication; Contents; Series editors' foreword; Preface; Acknowledgements; Chapter 01; Chapter 02; Chapter 03; Chapter 04; Chapter 05; Chapter 06; Chapter 07; References; Index
- Notes:
- Description based upon print version of record.
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- ISBN:
- 1-280-95453-1
- 9786610954537
- 0-335-22627-2
- OCLC:
- 244015851
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