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Medical Work, Medical Knowledge and Health Care: A Sociology of Health and Illness Reader

Ellen Annandale (Editor), Mary Ann Elston (Editor), Lindsay Prior (Editor)
ISBN: 978-0-631-22327-6
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504 pages
May 2005, Wiley-Blackwell
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  • Provides a chronicle of reseach in the field of medical knowledge, medical work and health care over the past 25 years.
  • Summarises changes in how health care was delivered and how medical knowledge and practice were conceptualised over this period.
  • Section introductions by the editors situate the articles within a wider body of literature.
  • A valuable resource for student of sociiology, social policy, social work, health policy or health care.

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