Representations of Health, Illness and Handicap
Edition: 1 edition
Publisher: Psychology Press
Published: July 1, 1995
Language: eng
Format: Hardcover
Number of pages: 200
ISBN-13: 9783718656578
Subjects: Disability: social aspects; Health systems & services; Sociology; Consumer Health; Psychology; General; Health & Fitness / General; Personality; Media Studies
First sentence: In the course of this overview I wish to bring a particular theoretical perspective to bear on an aspect of social reality which without it, would remain mundane and rather prosaic; namely, the images of health, illness and handicap that appear in the mass media of communication.