A new history of identity : a sociology of medical knowledge /
Medical texts provide a powerful means of accessing contemporary perceptions of illness and through them assumptions about the nature of the body and identity. By mapping these perceptions, from their nineteenth-century focus on illness located in a biological body through to their 'discovery&#...
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| Formato: | Livro |
| Idioma: | inglês |
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Houndmills, Basingstoke, Hampshire ; New York :
Palgrave,
2002.
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| Edição: | 1 st. |
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| Resumo: | Medical texts provide a powerful means of accessing contemporary perceptions of illness and through them assumptions about the nature of the body and identity. By mapping these perceptions, from their nineteenth-century focus on illness located in a biological body through to their 'discovery' of the psycho-social patient of the late twentieth century, a history of identity, both physical and psychological, is revealed |
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| Descrição Física: | 213 p. ; 23 cm. |
| Bibliografia: | Includes bibliographical references (p. 199-210) and index. |
| ISBN: | 0333968921 (cloth) |