Health Medicine and Society: Key Theories Future Agendas

Taking as its point of departure recent developments in health and social theory Health, Medicine and Society brings together a range of eminent, international scholars to reflect upon key issues at the turn of the century.

Contributors draw upon a range of contemporary theories, both modernist and postmodernist, to look at the following themes: *health and social structure *the contested nature of the body *the salience of consumption and risk *the challenge of emotions Health, Medicine and Society provides a 'state-of-the-art' assessment of health related issues at the millennium and a cogent set of arguments for the centrality of health to contemporary social theory.

Written in a clear, accessible style it will be ideal reading for students and researchers in health studies, public health, medical sociology, medicine and nursing.

Book Details

• Publisher: Routledge
• eBook ISBN: 9781134598250, 1134598254
• Print ISBN: 9780415221368, 0415221366
• Other ISBNs: 0415221358, 0203463617, 9780415221351, 9780203463611