Medical sociology and the biological body: Where are we now and where do we go from here?

Health

Volumn 10, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 5-30

  Williams, Simon J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WARWICK   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Biology; Body; Medicine; Practice; Realism

Indexed keywords

ART; HUMAN; REVIEW; SOCIOLOGY;

HUMAN BODY; HUMANS; SOCIOLOGY, MEDICAL;

EID: 30944458368     PISSN: 13634593     EISSN: 14617196     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1363459306058984     Document Type: Review

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