The Sociology of Medical Regulation: An Introduction

by John Martyn Chamberlain

Book Overview

Preface.- Chapter 1: Introduction: Medical Governance in the Risky Age of the Surveillance Society.- Chapter 2: Biomedicine, Medicalization and Risk.- Chapter 3: Doctors, Patients, Managers and the State.- Chapter 4: Sociological Deconstructions I: Critiquing Medical Autonomy and Altruism.- Chapter 5: Sociological Deconstructions II: Governmentality and Restraification.- Chapter 6: Restratification and Revalidation: United Kingdom and International...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 9400792689
• ISBN13: 9789400792685
• Release Date: October 2014
• Publisher: Springer
• Length: 184 Pages
• Weight: 0.63 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.4" x 6.1" x 9.2"