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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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The book is a collection of articles already published in the journal Sociology of Health & Illness, organised into 4 sections:.

1. Medical Knowledge, Diagnosis and Treatment.

2. Medical Power and the Patient.

3. The Division of Labour in Health Care Work.

4. Patient-Provider Interaction.

These sections are prefaced by a substantial introductory chapter written by the editors entitled: 'Medical Work, Medical Knowledge and Health Care: Themes and Issues.'.

Each section is preceded by an introductory discussion.

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