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Medical Encounters

The Experience of Illness and Treatment
By:null
Publisher:Taylor & Francis
Print ISBN:9781041350729
eText ISBN:9781040960370
Edition:1
Copyright:1977
Format:Reflowable

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Originally published in 1977, this book looks at medical sociology from the inside. Each chapter has been written by sociologists who themselves were patients – participant observers. Each experienced problems and sought solutions in the health services, at the same time bringing their training in social science to the analysis of experience. This is a unique contribution to medical sociology, bringing a directness to the recorded experiences.