BODY WORK IN HEALTH AND SOCIAL CARE by Julia Twigg (Editor), Carol Wolkowitz (Editor), Rachel Lara Cohen (Editor) ( 9781444349870 )

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BODY WORK IN HEALTH AND SOCIAL CARE
CRITICAL THEMES, NEW AGENDAS

By:

Julia Twigg (Editor), Carol Wolkowitz (Editor), Rachel Lara Cohen (Editor)

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1444349872

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Publisher:

JOHN WILEY AND SONS LTD

Pub. date:

23 September, 2011

Series:

Sociology of Health and Illness Monographs

Pages:

182

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Synopsis:

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

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Wiley-Blackwell (an imprint of John Wiley & Sons Ltd)

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