Sociology And Medicine
Subtitle: Selected Essays by P.M. Strong (Ashgate Classics in Sociology) (Ashgate Classics in Sociology) (Ashgate Classics in Sociology)
Edition: 1 edition
Publisher: Ashgate Publishing
Published: December 14, 2006
Language: eng
Format: Hardcover
Number of pages: 277
ISBN-13: 9780754638445
Subjects: Medicine: General Issues; Sociology, Social Studies; Sociology; Medical / Nursing; Social Science; Sociology - General; Health Risk Assessment; Anecdotes; Essays; Social medicine; Sociology, Medical
First sentence: Freidson has argued that organisations 'create' handicap, for it is their officials who define the parameters of normality and deviance (Freidson 1972).