Consumerism, reflexivity and the medical encounter

The Sociology of Health and Illness: A Reader

Volumn , Issue , 2013, Pages 198-209

  Lupton, Deborah ^a  

^a CHARLES STURT UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

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EID: 85083242004     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.4324/9781315013015-27     Document Type: Chapter

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