Lupton, Deborah,

Medicine as culture : illness, disease and the body in Western societies / Deborah Lupton. - Second edition. - 202 pages ; 24 cm

Includes bibliographical references (pages 175-193) and index.

Theoretical Perspectives on Medicine and Society -- The Body in Medicine -- Representations of Medicine, Illness and Disease in Elite and Popular Culture -- The Lay Perspective on Illness and Disease -- Power Relations and the Medical Encounter -- Feminisms and Medicine. 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6.

0761940294 9780761940296

2003103977


Social medicine.
Medical anthropology

RA418 / .L74 2003

306.461