Body work in health and social care : critical themes, new agendas /

• Άλλοι συγγραφείς: Twigg, Julia
• Μορφή: Ηλ. βιβλίο
• Γλώσσα: English
• Έκδοση: Malden, Mass. : Wiley-Blackwell, 2011.
• Σειρά: Sociology of health and illness monograph series ; 10.
• Θέματα: Human body > Social aspects.; Social medicine.; POLITICAL SCIENCE > Public Policy > Cultural Policy.; SOCIAL SCIENCE > Anthropology > Cultural.; SOCIAL SCIENCE > Popular Culture.; Electronic books.

"Body work is paid work undertaken on the bodies of others. Although it forms a central part of health and social care, its study has often been obscured or neglected. This volume is the first to directly address the concept, exploring the multiple ways in which body work features in health and...