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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Hovedforfatter: Armstrong, David
Format: Bog
Sprog:engelsk
Udgivet: Houndmills, Basingstoke, Hampshire ; New York : Palgrave, 2002.
Udgivelse:1 st.
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Summary: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
Fysisk beskrivelse:213 p. ; 23 cm.
Bibliografi:Includes bibliographical references (p. 199-210) and index.
ISBN:0333968921 (cloth)