Health Medicine and Society

<p>Taking as its point of departure recent developments in health and social theory <em>Health Medicine and Society</em> brings together a range of eminent international scholars to reflect upon key issues at the turn of the century.<br> Contributors draw upon a range of contemporary theories both modernist and postmodernist to look at the following themes:<br> *health and social structure<br>*the contested nature of the body<br>*the salience of consumption and risk<br>*the challenge of emotions<br><em>Health Medicine and Society</em> provides a 'state-of-the-art' assessment of health related issues at the millennium and a cogent set of arguments for the centrality of health to contemporary social theory. Written in a clear accessible style it will be ideal reading for students and researchers in health studies public health medical sociology medicine and nursing.</p>