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New Directions in the Sociology of Chronic and Disabling Conditions : Assaults on the Lifeworld /

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Bringing together disability theorists and medical sociologists for the first time in this cutting-edge collection, contributors examine chronic illness and disability, disability theory, doctor-patient encounters, lifeworld issues and the new genetics.

Bibliographic Details
Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
Other Authors: Scambler, Graham (Editor), Scambler, Sasha (Editor)
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: London : Palgrave Macmillan UK : Imprint: Palgrave Macmillan, 2010.
Subjects:
Social Sciences.
Medical Sociology.
Social Justice, Equality and Human Rights.
Social Structure, Social Inequality.
Sociology of Family, Youth and Aging.
Sociology of the Body.
Sociology, general.
Equality.
Human body > Social aspects.
Human rights.
Social justice.
Social medicine.
Social sciences.
Social structure.
Sociology.
Electronic books.
Online Access:Connect to the full text of this electronic book
Description
Summary:Bringing together disability theorists and medical sociologists for the first time in this cutting-edge collection, contributors examine chronic illness and disability, disability theory, doctor-patient encounters, lifeworld issues and the new genetics.
Item Description:Electronic resource.
Physical Description:1 online resource (XIII, 235 pages)
ISBN:9780230297432
DOI:10.1057/9780230297432