The Grey Zone of health and illness. (2011)

• Record Type: Book
• Other Titles: Grey Zone in health and illness
• Further Information: Note: By Alan Blum.
• Other Names: Blum, Alan, 1935-
• Contents: Front Cover; Preliminary Pages; Contents; Acknowledgements; Preface; Introduction; 1. The Grey Zone as a Primordial Figure: Greek Origins; 2. Ambiguity as a Social Phenomenon: Reshaping the Greeks; 3. The Elemental Vision of the Split; 4. The Official History and the Unwritten Text; 5. The Relationship of Knowledge to Life; 6. The City of Pigs as Travesty; 7. Health and the City; 8. On Being Old; 9. The Formula: Medicalization and Its Guises; 10. Prosthetics; 11. The Recurrence of the Body; 12. Moods of Being; 13. Conclusion; References.
• Publisher Details: Bristol, UK Chicago : Intellect
• Publication Date: 2011
• Extent: 1 online resource (269 pages)
• Subjects: 610.1; Medical care -- Philosophy; MEDICAL -- Family & General Practice; MEDICAL -- Osteopathy; MEDICAL; MEDICAL -- Holistic Medicine; HEALTH & FITNESS -- Reference; MEDICAL -- Essays; MEDICAL -- Alternative Medicine; HEALTH & FITNESS -- Holism; Medical care -- Philosophy; Philosophy, Medical; Social Medicine; Electronic books
• Languages: English
• ISBNs: 9781841503585; 1841503584
• Related ISBNs: 9781841503646; 1841503649
• Notes: Note: Includes bibliographical references.; Note: Print version record.
• Access Rights: Legal Deposit; Only available on premises controlled by the deposit library and to one user at any one time; The Legal Deposit Libraries (Non-Print Works) Regulations (UK).
• Access Usage: Restricted: Printing from this resource is governed by The Legal Deposit Libraries (Non-Print Works) Regulations (UK) and UK copyright law currently in force.