TY  - BOOK
AU  - Williams,Simon J.
TI  - Medicine and the body
SN  - 0761956387
AV  - RA418 W46 2003
U1  - 306.461 
PY  - 2003///]
CY  - London, Thousand Oaks
PB  - Sage Publications
KW  - Social medicine
KW  - Human body
N1  - Includes bibliographical references (pages 216-242) and index; Introduction: medical sociology in the new millennium --; 1; The biomedical body: reductionism, constructionism and beyond --; 2; What is health? Thinking through the boundaries of the body --; 3; 'Structuring' bodies: emotions, inequalities and health --; 4; Children, ageing and health: bodies across the lifecourse --; 5; Bodily dys-order: chronic illness as biographical disruption? --; 6; Dormant/mortal bodies: sleep, death and dying in late/postmodernity --; 7; Reason, emotion and 'mental' health: where do we draw the line? --; 8; Hi-tech bodies: from corporeality to hyperreality? --; 9; Caring bodies/embodied ethics --; Conclusion: the challenges ahead
ER  -