Medical power and social knowledge [electronic resource] / Bryan S. Turner, with Colin Samson.

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Turner, Bryan S

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Publication details: London : SAGE, 1995.Edition: 2nd edDescription: 1 online resource (273 p.) : illISBN:

9781446250426 (ebook) :

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Social medicine

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Electronic books.

Additional physical formats: Print version :: No titleDDC classification:

306.461 23

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RA418 .T913 1995

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Summary: Bryan S. Turner considers the ways in which different social theorists have interpreted the experience of health and disease, and the social relations and power structures involved in medical practice. He examines health as an aspect of social action and looks at the subject of health at three levels - the individual, the social and the societal.

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Bryan S. Turner considers the ways in which different social theorists have interpreted the experience of health and disease, and the social relations and power structures involved in medical practice. He examines health as an aspect of social action and looks at the subject of health at three levels - the individual, the social and the societal.

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Includes bibliographical references and index.