The tyranny of health : doctors and the regulation of lifestyle / Michael Fitzpatrick.

  • Fitzpatrick, Michael, 1950-
Date:
2001
  • Books

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Publication/Creation

London ; New York : Routledge, 2001.

Physical description

xii, 196 pages ; 22 cm

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Bibliographic information

Includes bibliographical references (p. 174-187) and index.

Contents

Health scares and moral panics -- The regulation of lifestyle -- Screening -- The politics of health promotion -- The expansion of health -- The personal is the medical -- The crisis of modern medicine.

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Where to find it

  • LocationStatus
    Medical Collection
    WA540.FA1 2001F55t
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ISBN

  • 0415235715
  • 0415235723