Rachel Lara (Hrsg.) Cohen

Body Work in Health and Social Care

Critical Themes, New Agendas

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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 social care and analyzing the meanings of this work for both those employed to do it and those on whose bodies they work. With contributions from the top international scholars in the field, the book draws on perspectives from across the medical, therapeutic, and care fields. Using a variety of methodological approaches, from life history analysis to et… Mehr

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Produktdetails

Weitere Autoren: Nettleton, Sarah (Hrsg.) / Wolkowitz, Carol (Hrsg.) / Twigg, Julia (Hrsg.)

ISBN: 978-1-4443-4583-4
EAN: 9781444345834
Produktnummer: 13823240
Verlag: Wiley
Sprache: Englisch
Erscheinungsjahr: 2011
Seitenangabe: 184 S.
Plattform: PDF
Masse: 1'269 KB

Über den Autor

Julia Twigg is Professor of Social Policy and Sociology at University of Kent and a specialist in old age, care and embodiment. Her books include The Body in Health and Social Care (2006). Carol Wolkowitz is Reader in Sociology at University of Warwick and has written widely on gender and the sociology of work and employment. Her books include Bodies at Work (2006). Rachel Lara Cohen is Lecturer at the University of Surrey, and a specialist in sociology of work and employment. Her books include Feminism Counts: Quantitative Methods and Researching Gender (with C Hughes, 2011). Sarah Nettleton is a Reader in the Department of Sociology at the University of York and has researched and published on a range of health-related topics, all with a focus on the sociology of the body and embodiment. Her books include Sociology of Health and Illness (2006).