Worlds of Illness: Biographical and Cultural Perspectives on Health and Disease

by Alan Radley

Book Overview

In recent years the study of illness as experienced by patients has emerged as an approach to understanding sickness. Descriptions of the everyday situations of people with particular diseases, provide a commentary upon the nature of symptoms and upon the relation of the body to society. This approach stresses the biographical and cultural contexts in which illness arises and is borne by individuals and those who care for them. It emphasises the need...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0415131529
• ISBN13: 9780415131520
• Release Date: October 1995
• Publisher: Routledge
• Length: 218 Pages
• Weight: 0.66 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 5.4" x 8.5"