Medicalisation in a therapy culture

A Sociology of Health

Volumn , Issue , 2008, Pages 97-114

  Furedi, Frank ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KENT   (United Kingdom)

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DOI: 10.4135/9781446213575.n6     Document Type: Chapter

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