Body wholeness and the infant : a sociological study of the practice of pathology

‘The body’ has played a central role in sociological theory and to a lesser extent empirical research over the last two decades. However, the dead body and the infant body remain largely absent in this ‘turn to the body’. This absence is addressed by focusing on the infant body and the practice of p...

Full description

Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Leith, Valerie M. Sheach
Published: University of Aberdeen 2004
Subjects:
Online Access:http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.415522