The Body in Medical Culture

The Body in Medical CultureEngages critically with historical and contemporary representations of the medicalized human body. 2010 CHOICE Outstanding Academic Title How do concepts and constructions of the body shape people's experiences of agency and objectification within medical culture? As an object of scrutiny, the medicalized body occupies center stage in the work of doctors, nurses, medical examiners, and other medical professionals who mediate broader cultural

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