Mary Ann Prior | Akateeminen Kirjakauppa

This Reader introduces students of sociology and health care to the changing fields of medical knowledge and medical work.




Provides a chronicle of reseach in the field of medical knowledge, medical work and health care over the past 25 years.

Summarises changes in how health care was delivered and how medical knowledge and practice were conceptualised over this period.

Section introductions by the editors situate the articles within a wider body of literature.

A valuable resource for student of sociiology, social policy, social work, health policy or health care.