Sociological Perspectives on the New Genetics (Sociology of Health and Illness)
Contributors: Peter Conrad (Editor)
Publisher: Blackwell Publishing Limited
Published: January 1, 2000
Language: eng
Number of pages: 140
ISBN-13: 9780631215998
First sentence: The idea that diseases and bodies are socially and historically constructed is well established within both medical sociology and the history of medicine, and has inspired a great deal of research (Wright and Treacher 1982, Rosenberg and Golden 1997).