The Word as Scalpel
Subtitle: A History of Medical Sociology
Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
Published: April 30, 2002
Language: eng
Number of pages: 356
ISBN-13: 9780195072327
First sentence: Medical sociology is an old conception but relatively young as a field of endeavor.
Description: Medical Sociology is now an established subdiscipline in both medicine and sociology. This book traces the intellectual and institutional evolution of the field in relation to antecendents of the past 2000 years and developments in American sociology and medicine since the turn of the century. Drawing on his own experience as a participant and witness, Bloom provides an engaging account of the ongoing search for knowledge about the relationship between illness, medicine, and society.