Health Medicine and Society: Key Theories Future Agendas

Taking as its point of departure recent developments in health and social theory Health, Medicine and Society brings together a range of eminent, international scholars to reflect upon key issues at the turn of the century. Contributors draw upon a range of contemporary theories, both modernist and postmodernist, to look at the following themes: *health and social structure *the contested nature of the body *the salience of consumption and risk *the challenge of emotions Health, Medicine and Society provides a 'state-of-the-art' assessment of health related issues at the millennium and a cogent set of arguments for the centrality of health to contemporary social theory. Written in a clear, accessible style it will be ideal reading for students and researchers in health studies, public health, medical sociology, medicine and nursing.Additional ISBNs0415221358, 0415221366, 0203463617, 9780415221351, 9780415221368, 9780203463611Health, Medicine and Society: Key Theories, Future Agendas 1st Edition and published by Routledge. ISBNs for Health, Medicine and Society are 9781134598250, 1134598254 and the print ISBNs are 9780415221368, 0415221366. Additional ISBNs include 0415221358, 0415221366, 0203463617, 9780415221351, 9780415221368, 9780203463611.