Williams, Simon J.  1961- <br/><br/>
Medicine and the body / 
Simon J. Williams. 
 - 251 pages ;  25 cm 
<br/><br/>Includes bibliographical references (pages 216-242) and index. 
<br/><br/> Introduction: medical sociology in the new millennium --  The biomedical body: reductionism, constructionism and beyond --  What is health? Thinking through the boundaries of the body --  'Structuring' bodies: emotions, inequalities and health --  Children, ageing and health: bodies across the lifecourse --  Bodily dys-order: chronic illness as biographical disruption? --  Dormant/mortal bodies: sleep, death and dying in late/postmodernity --  Reason, emotion and 'mental' health: where do we draw the line? --  Hi-tech bodies: from corporeality to hyperreality? --  Caring bodies/embodied ethics --  Conclusion: the challenges ahead.  1.  2.  3.  4.  5.  6.  7.  8.  9. 
<br/><br/><label>ISBN: </label>0761956387 9780761956389 0761956395 9780761956396 
<br/><br/><label>LCCN: </label>2002109395 
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Topical Terms: </label><br/>Social medicine.<br/>Human body.
<br/><br/><label>LC Class. No.: </label>RA418  / W46 2003 
<br/><br/><label>Dewey Class. No.: </label>306.461