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Other authors / contributors: | Petersen, Alan R., 1953-
Bunton, Robin, 1954-
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ISBN: | 0203005341 9780203005347 9781134745470 1134745478 1281325600 9781281325600 9786611325602 6611325603 0415151775 0415151783 9780415151771 9780415151788
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Digital file characteristics: | data file
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Notes: | Includes bibliographical references and index. English. Print version record.
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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,
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Other form: | Print version: Foucault, health and medicine. London ; New York : Routledge, 1997
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