Morality and Health

ISBN 10: 0415915821 / ISBN 13: 9780415915823

Published by Taylor & Francis Group, 1997

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Synopsis:

From the castigation and stigmatization of victims of AIDS to our celebration of diet, exercise and fitness, the moral categorization of health and disease reflects contemporary notions that disease results from moral failure and that health is the representation of moral triumph. Ranging across academic disciplines and historical time periods, the essays in Morality andHealth offer a compelling assessment of the powerful role of moral systems for judging the complex questions of risk and responsibility for disease, the experience of illness, and social and cultural responses to those who are sick. Contributors include Keith Thomas, Charles Rosenberg, Richard Shweder, Arthur Kleinman, David Mechanic, Nancy Tomes and Linda Gordon.

About the Author:

Paul Rozin is Professor of Psychology at the University of Pennsylvania. Allan Brandt is Kass Professor of the History of Medicine at Harvard University Medical School and the author of No Magic Bullet.

Bibliographic Details

Title: Morality and Health
Publisher: Taylor & Francis Group
Publication Date: 1997
Binding: Soft cover
Condition: Very Good
Edition: 1st Edition.