The central argument in this paper is that “public trust” is critical for developing and
maintaining the health and wellbeing of individuals, communities, and societies. I argue that …

The article reviews the impact of post-structuralism and postmodern social theory upon
health sociology during the past 20 years. It then addresses the emergence of new …

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HEALTH Public Health and the Regulated Body Deborah Lupton SAGE Publications London …

Despite the obvious triumph of a medical theory and practice grounded in the hospital, a
new medicine based on the surveillance of normal populations can be identified as …

Sarah Nettleton's The Sociology of Health and Illness has become a cornerstone text,
popular with students and academics alike for its rigorous and accessible overview of the …

Contagious Divides charts the dynamic transformation of representations of Chinese
immigrants from medical menace in the nineteenth century to model citizen in the mid …

Foucault is often thought to have a great deal to say about the history of madness and
sexuality, but little in terms of a general analysis of government and the state.; This volume …

Interviews consist of accounts given to the researcher about the issues in which he or she is
interested. The topic of the research is not the interview itself but rather the issues discussed …

The Lived Body takes a fresh look at the notion of human embodiment and provides an ideal
textbook for undergraduates on the growing number of courses on the sociology of the body …

Objective: The purpose of this study was to explore the experience of home quarantine
during the severe acute respiratory syndrome (SARS) outbreak in Toronto in 2003. Design …