Hospital Land USA: Sociological Adventures in Medicalization

by Wendy Simonds

In Hospital Land USA, Wendy Simonds analyzes the wide-reaching powers of medicalization: the dynamic processes by which medical authorities, institutions, and ideologies impact our everyday experiences, culture, and social life. Simonds documents her own Hospital Land adventures and draws on a wide range of U.S. cultural representations -- from memoirs to medical mail, from hospital signs to disaster movies -- in order to urge critical thinking...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0415748089
• ISBN13: 9780415748087
• Release Date: November 2016
• Publisher: Routledge
• Length: 262 Pages
• Weight: 0.85 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 5.9" x 9.0"