Being and Well-Being: Health and the Working Bodies of Silicon Valley

by J.A. English-Lueck

Book Overview

As the great American work-benefit experiment erodes, companies are increasingly asking people to take responsibility for managing their own health. There's no question work and health are intertwined. But what effect does an intensely productive, globally connected, high-tech work environment have on a population largely entrusted with overseeing their own health needs? In California's Silicon Valley, a distinctive and medically diverse health culture...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0804771588
• ISBN13: 9780804771580
• Release Date: September 2010
• Publisher: Stanford University Press
• Length: 288 Pages
• Weight: 0.70 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 6.0" x 8.9"