Essays in Medical Sociology: Journeys Into the Field

by Renee Fox and Renee C. Fox

Book Overview

This outstanding collection of essays by Renee C. Fox encompasses almost thirty years of original, pioneering research in the sociology of medicine. Based on fieldwork in a variety of medical settings in the United States, Belgium, and Zaire, these ethnographic essays examine chronic and terminal illness, medical research, therapeutic innovation, medical education and socialization, and bio-ethics. Within this framework, three empirical "cases" have...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0887381480
• ISBN13: 9780887381485
• Release Date: January 1988
• Publisher: Routledge
• Length: 688 Pages
• Weight: 2.50 lbs.