Material discourses of health and illness

Material Discourses of Health and Illness applies discursive approaches to the field of health psychology, in stark contrast to the bio-medical model of health and illness. The discursive approach uses the person's experience and feelings as the central focus of interest, whereas the more tradi...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Otros Autores: Yardley, Lucy, 1961- (-)
Formato: Libro electrónico
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: London ; New York : Routledge 1997.
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Ver en Biblioteca Universitat Ramon Llull:https://discovery.url.edu/permalink/34CSUC_URL/1im36ta/alma991009798053406719
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  • Cover; Material discourses of health and illness; Title Page; Copyright Page; Table of Contents; List of contributors; Preface and acknowledgements; 1 Introducing material-discursive approaches to health and illness; 2 Introducing discursive methods; 3 What role does the body have in illness?; 4 Interpretative phenomenological analysis and the psychology of health and illness; 5 Social and material ecologies for hearing impairment; 6 Disorientation in the (post) modern world; 7 The relationship between representational and materialist perspectives: AIDS and 'the other'
  • 8 Discourses and sexual health: providing for young people9 Discourses of pregnancy and childbirth; 10 Diet as a vehicle for self-control; 11 Speaking the decorated body; Index