Turner, Bryan S.

Medical power and social knowledge [electronic resource] / Bryan S. Turner, with Colin Samson. - 2nd ed. - London : SAGE, 1995. - 1 online resource (273 p.) : ill.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

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.

Specialized.

9781446250426 (ebook) : No price


Social medicine.


Electronic books.

RA418 / .T913 1995

306.461