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Imprint:London ; New York : Routledge, 1997.
Description:1 online resource (xxi, 256 pages)
Language:English
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Format: E-Resource Book
URL for this record:http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/11144873
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Other authors / contributors:Petersen, Alan R., 1953-
Bunton, Robin, 1954-
ISBN:0203005341
9780203005347
9781134745470
1134745478
1281325600
9781281325600
9786611325602
6611325603
0415151775
0415151783
9780415151771
9780415151788
Digital file characteristics:data file
Notes:Includes bibliographical references and index.
English.
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Summary:The reception of Michel Foucault's work in the social sciences and humanities has been phenomenal. Foucault's concepts and methodology have encouraged new approaches to old problems and opened up new lines of enquiry. This book assesses the contribution of Foucault's work to research and thinking in the area of health and medicine, and shows how key researchers in the sociology of health and illness are currently engaging with his ideas. Foucault, Health and Medicine explores such important issues as: Foucault's concept of 'discourse', the critique of the 'medicalization' thesis,
Other form:Print version: Foucault, health and medicine. London ; New York : Routledge, 1997