2010 CHOICE Outstanding Academic Title How do concepts and constructions of the body shape people's experiences of agency and objectification within medical

Moving images are used as diagnostic tools and locational devices every day in hospitals, clinics and laboratories. But how and when did such issues come to be

Engages critically with historical and contemporary representations of the medicalized human body.

In the second half of the 20th century, the body has become a central theme of intellectual debate. How should we perceive the human body? Is it best understood

Lupton's newest edition of Medicine as Culture is more relevant than ever. Trudy Rudge, Professor of Nursing, University of Sydney A welcome update of a text th