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Disease, knowledge and society
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D E Gannik, L Launsø, editors. (Pp 264; DKK 220.00.) Frederiksberg: Samfundslitteratur, 2000. ISBN 87-593-0814-1.
The purpose of this book is to provide critical analyses of disease, treatment and care as socially structured practices. The authors are Danish and Norwegian social scientists and sociologists—and occasional historians, psychologists and biologists—who belong to Disease and Society Network. The book consists of papers presented at the seminars of this network.
The papers have a wide scope, ranging from highly theoretical …