Medicine as culture : illness, disease and the body in Western societies / Deborah Lupton.

London ; Thousand Oaks, CA : Sage Publications, 2003.

202 pages ; 24 cm

2nd ed.

Includes bibliographical references (p. [175]-193) and index.

Theoretical perspectives on medicine and society -- The body in medicine -- Representations of medicine, illness and disease in elite and popular culture -- The lay perspective on illness and disease -- Power relations and the medical encounter -- Feminisms and medicine.