Hospital Land USA: Sociological Adventures in Medicalization

by Wendy Simonds

In Hospital Land USA, Wendy Simonds analyzes the wide-reaching powers of medicalization: the dynamic processes by which medical authorities, institutions, and ideologies impact our everyday experiences, culture, and social life. Simonds documents her own Hospital Land adventures and draws on a wide range of U.S. cultural representations -- from memoirs to medical mail, from hospital signs to disaster movies -- in order to urge critical thinking...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0415748070
• ISBN13: 9780415748070
• Release Date: November 2016
• Publisher: Routledge
• Length: 262 Pages
• Weight: 1.85 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.0" x 6.3" x 9.3"