Medical Talk and Medical Work: The Liturgy of the Clinic - Hardcover
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Languages:EnglishPublisher:Sage Publications Ltd.ISBN-13:9780803977303ISBN-10:0803977301UPC:9780803977303Book Category:Social Science, MedicalBook Subcategory:SociologySize:9.30 x 6.30 x 0.70 inchesWeight:0.386Product ID:SCJQZVKDQK
Recent years have seen the development of a sociology of medical knowledge, including the construction of medical opinion, the fabric of medical discourse, and the medical construction of the body.
This volume both assesses and contributes to this sociological understanding of medical practice. Underlying the analysis is research on the work of hematologists, offering a rich resource for understanding the complexities and contradictions between physical bodies and social embodiment, medical talk, and technical apparatus. Using this material, the author skillfully demonstrates the strengths and weaknesses of the existing understanding of medical knowledge. Among the issues explored are:
This volume both assesses and contributes to this sociological understanding of medical practice. Underlying the analysis is research on the work of hematologists, offering a rich resource for understanding the complexities and contradictions between physical bodies and social embodiment, medical talk, and technical apparatus. Using this material, the author skillfully demonstrates the strengths and weaknesses of the existing understanding of medical knowledge. Among the issues explored are:
Languages:EnglishPublisher:Sage Publications Ltd.ISBN-13:9780803977303ISBN-10:0803977301UPC:9780803977303Book Category:Social Science, MedicalBook Subcategory:SociologySize:9.30 x 6.30 x 0.70 inchesWeight:0.386Product ID:SCJQZVKDQK
Paul Atkinson is Professor of Sociology at the University of Wales College of Cardiff. He has an international reputation for his work on ethnography and qualitative research and for his research in medical sociology. His previous books include The Clinical Experience, Ethnography: Principles in Practice (with Martyn Hammersley), Understanding Ethnocgraphic Texts, Microcomputing and Qualitative Data Analysis, (with Anna Weaver), Fighting Familiarity (with Sara Delamont) and The Ethnographic Imagination.
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