This edition provides a broad overview of the way medicine is experienced, perceived and socially constructed in Western societies.
Lupton's newest edition of Medicine as Culture is more relevant than ever. Trudy Rudge, Professor of Nursing, University of Sydney A welcome update of a text that has become a mainstay of the medical sociologist's library. Alan Radley, Emeritus Professor of Social Psychology, Lo…
4e de couv.: Medicine as Culture is unlike any other sociological text on health and medicine. It combines perspectives drawn from a wide variety of disciplines including sociology, anthropology, social history, cultural geography, and media and cultural studies. The book explor…
This edition provides a broad overview of the way medicine is experienced, perceived and socially constructed in Western societies. Medicine as Culture has become the classic text for the sociology of health and illness, combining perspectives drawn from a wide variety of disci…
The books teases out how medicine and health care are sociocultural constructions, ranging from mass media and high cultural representations of illness, disease, and health care workers to the power dynamics of the doctor-patient relationship. The Third Edition has been updated …
This edition provides a broad overview of the way medicine is experienced, perceived and socially constructed in Western societies.
