The New Medical Sociology: Social Forms of Health and Illness

by Bryan S. Turner

Book Overview

The author, Bryan Turner, examines how macro processes like globalization, risk, economic deregulation, and technological change shape personal experiences of health and illness. Addressing key topics in contemporary sociology such as the body, power, and knowledge, Turner sets out to rethink medical sociology as an exciting perspective on the principal transformations of modern society.

In this broad historical and sociological work, Turner...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0393975053
• ISBN13: 9780393975055
• Release Date: September 2004
• Publisher: W. W. Norton & Company
• Length: 432 Pages
• Weight: 1.00 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 6.0" x 7.8"