Simon Williams is Senior Lecturer in the Dept. of Sociology, University of Warwick
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Introduction Medical Sociology in the New Millennium The Biomedical Body Reductionism, Constructionism and Beyond What Is Health? Thinking through the Boundaries of the Body `Structuring' Bodies Emotions, Inequalities and Health Children, Ageing and Health Bodies across the Lifecourse Bodily Dys-Order Chronic Illness a Biographical Disruption? Dormant/Mortal Bodies Sleep, Death and Dying in Late/Postmodernity Reason, Emotion and `Mental' Health Where Do We Draw the Line? Hi-Tech Bodies From Corporeality to Hyperreality? Caring Bodies/Embodied Ethics Conclusions The Challenges Ahead
`An intelligent and informed account of medical sociology. Simon Williams has produced an original and comprehensive sociological statement of the centrality of the body to an understanding of medicine, health and illness. His scope is impressive, including among other topics sleep, childhood, disability and ageing. It will shape future teaching and research in the field of health and illness' - Bryan S Turner, Professor of Sociology, University of Cambridge