Medical Talk and Medical Work

by Paul Anthony Atkinson

Book Overview

The development of a sociology of medical knowledge is both assessed and contributed to in Medical Talk and Medical Work.

Underlying the analysis is research on the work of haematologists, which offers a rich resource for understanding the complexities and contradictions between physical bodies and social embodiment, medical talk and technical apparatus. Using but moving beyond this specific material, Paul Atkinson demonstrates the...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 080397731X
• ISBN13: 9780803977310
• Release Date: August 1995
• Publisher: Sage Publications Ltd
• Length: 176 Pages
• Weight: 0.64 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 6.3" x 9.1"