Medical Encounters: The Experience of Illness and Treatment

Originally published in 1977, this book looks at medical sociology from the inside. Each chapter has been written by sociologists who themselves were patients - participant observers. Each experienced problems and sought solutions in the health services, whilst bringing their training in social science to the analysis of experience.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1041350724
• ISBN13: 9781041350729
• Release Date: July 2026
• Publisher: Routledge
• Length: 226 Pages
• Weight: 0.90 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 5.5" x 8.5"