Body Work in Health and Social Care Critical Themes, New Agendas |
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| Editor:
| Twigg, Julia
Wolkowitz, Carol
Cohen, Rachel Lara
Nettleton, Sarah |
| Series title: | Sociology of Health and Illness Monographs |
| ISBN: | 978-1-4443-4583-4 |
| Publication Date: | Aug 2011 |
| Publisher: | John Wiley & Sons, Incorporated
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| Book Format: | Digital download |
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Book Description:
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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,...
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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.
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Explores the commonalities between different sectors of work, including those outside health and social care
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Contributions come from an international range of experts
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Draws on perspectives from across the medical, therapeutic, and care fields
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Incorporates a variety of methodological approaches, from life history analysis to ethnographic studies and first person accounts