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Material Discourses in the Psychology of Health Book

Material Discourses of Health and Illness applies discursive approaches to the field of health psychology, in stark contrast to the bio-medical model of health and illness. The discursive approach uses the person's experience and feelings as the focal point, whereas the more traditional models regarded this as coincidental and relatively unimportant. Lucy Yardley explores the way in which the meaning, context and consequences of bodily phenomena, ranging from sex to heart disease, are created and transformed by human activity. While the significance of bodily sensations and events is discursively negotiated, the material dimension of health is simultaneously shaped by government policy and media images, by tests and treatment regimes, and by the promotion or prohibition of certain kinds of behavior.Read More

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  • 0415138248
  • 9780415138246
  • 6 February 1997
  • Routledge
  • Paperback (Book)
  • 256
  • 1
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