Governmentality, the iconography of sexual disease and 'duties' of the STI clinic

Nursing Inquiry

Volumn 8, Issue 3, 2001, Pages 151-161

  Pryce, Anthony ^a  

^a CITY UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Foucault; Governmentality; Public health; Sexual health; Sexually transmitted infections; Surveillance

Indexed keywords

AMBULATORY CARE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; AUDIOVISUAL EQUIPMENT; BEHAVIOR; GOVERNMENT; HEALTH PROMOTION; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; KNOWLEDGE; ORGANIZATION; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; REVIEW; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SEXUAL EDUCATION; SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED DISEASE; SHAME; SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY; SOCIOLOGY; VENEREOLOGY; VIOLENCE;

AMBULATORY CARE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; AUDIOVISUAL AIDS; DANGEROUS BEHAVIOR; GOVERNMENT; HEALTH PROMOTION; HUMANS; KNOWLEDGE; ORGANIZATIONAL OBJECTIVES; POPULATION SURVEILLANCE; POWER (PSYCHOLOGY); PREJUDICE; SEX EDUCATION; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED DISEASES; SHAME; SOCIAL VALUES; SOCIOLOGY, MEDICAL; VENEREOLOGY;

EID: 0035467652     PISSN: 13207881     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1440-1800.2001.00108.x     Document Type: Article

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