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Livre 3 sur 11: Health Psychology

Hardey, Michael

 
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Synopsis

The central theme running through this book is the essentially social nature of health. This embraces the way medical knowledge emerged out of a specific set of historical and intellectual circumstances, and the shaping of the health professions by the cultural and political millieu of the 19th-century.

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À propos de l'auteur

Michael Hardey is a Lecturer in the Department of Sociology and Social Policy at the University of Southampton. At present he is working on a study of the Internet as a source of ideas about health and the relationship between masculinity and health. He has previously written about the dilemmas of nursing research and knowledge and the lifestyles of lone parents.

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