Self-Medication and Society Mirages of Autonomy |
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| Author:
| Fainzang, Sylvie |
| Series title: | Routledge Studies in the Sociology of Health and Illness Ser. |
| ISBN: | 978-1-315-44715-5 |
| Publication Date: | Nov 2016 |
| Publisher: | Taylor & Francis Group
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| Imprint: | Routledge |
| Book Format: | Digital (delivered electronically) |
| List Price: | USD $52.95USD $220.00USD $220.00 |
Book Description:
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Based on fieldwork conducted in France, this book examines the material, cognitive, symbolic and social dimensions of the recourse to self-medication, considering the motivations and practices of the subjects and what these reveal about their relationship with the medical institution, while addressing the question of open access to medicines. A rigorous analysis both of the social treatment of the notion of autonomy ever present in the discourses promoting self-medication, and the...
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Based on fieldwork conducted in France, this book examines the material, cognitive, symbolic and social dimensions of the recourse to self-medication, considering the motivations and practices of the subjects and what these reveal about their relationship with the medical institution, while addressing the question of open access to medicines. A rigorous analysis both of the social treatment of the notion of autonomy ever present in the discourses promoting self-medication, and the strategies adopted by individuals to manage the risks of medicines and increase their efficacy, Self-Medication and Society will appeal to sociologists and anthropologists with interests in health, illness, the body and medicine.