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Title:
Representations of health, illness, and handicap / edited by Ivana Marková and Robert M. Farr.
Publisher:
Harwood Academic,
Copyright Date:
c1995
Description:
xi, 271 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.
Subject:
Health attitudes.
Health in mass media.
Diseases--Public opinion.
Handicapped--Public opinion.
Quality of life--Public opinion.
Agent (Philosophy)--Public opinion.
Other Authors:
Marková, Ivana.
Farr, Robert M.
Notes:
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Contents:
Representation of health, illness and handicap in the mass media of communication / Robert M. Farr -- The self and media messages / Janet E. Stockdale -- The face of AIDS / Jenny Kitzinger -- Representations of learning disability in the literature of charity campaigns / Caroline B. Eayres ... [et al.] -- Professional and lay representations of health, illness and handicap / Robert M. Farr and Ivana Marková -- The self and the other : perception of the risk of HIV/AIDS in Scottish prisons / Ivana Marková ... [et al.] -- Clinical diagnosis and the joint construction of a medical voice / Karin Aronsson -- The mentally ill person and the others : social representations and interactive strategies / Bruna Zani -- Lay explanations of the causes of diabetes in India and the UK / Mary Sissons Joshi -- Human agency and the quality of life / Ivana Marková -- Quality of life / Andrew Jahoda -- Quality of life and mental health : evaluating the impact of long-term care / Margaret M. Barry and Charles Crosby -- Coping and human agency / Ladislav Valach.
ISBN:
9783718656585 (soft cover)
3718656582 (soft cover)
9783718656578 (hard cover)
3718656574 (hard cover)
OCLC:
(OCoLC)34020329
Locations:
USUX851 -- Iowa State University - Parks Library (Ames)

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