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Body Work in Health and Social Care: Critical Themes, New Agendas
Contributor(s): Twigg, Julia (Editor), Wolkowitz, Carol (Editor), Cohen, Rachel Lara (Editor)
ISBN: 1444349872     ISBN-13: 9781444349870
Publisher: Wiley-Blackwell
OUR PRICE:   $39.43  
Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats
Published: October 2011
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BISAC Categories:
- Social Science | Sociology - General
Dewey: 306.461
LCCN: 2011013768
Series: Sociology of Health and Illness Monographs
Physical Information: 0.56" H x 6.03" W x 8.99" (0.91 lbs) 182 pages
 
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The first book to fully explore the multiple ways in which body work features in health and social care and the meanings of this work both for those employed to do it and those on whose bodies they work.
  • Explores the commonalities between different sectors of work, including those outside health and social care
  • Contributions come from an international range of experts
  • Draws on perspectives from across the medical, therapeutic, and care fields
  • Incorporates a variety of methodological approaches, from life history analysis to ethnographic studies and first person accounts