Book reviews

• Published in: Sociology of health & illness 1989, Vol.11 (2), p.181-200
• Format: Review
• Language: English
• ISSN: 0141-9889; 1467-9566
• DOI: 10.1111/1467-9566.ep10844402

Books Reviewed in this Article: H.M. Sass and R.U. Massey (eds). Health Care Systems: Moral Conflicts in European and American Public Policy J.A. Roth (ed). International Comparisons of Health Services D.J. Hunter, N.P. McKeganey and I. A. MacPherson, Care of the Elderly: Policy and Practice P. Day, R. Klein and G. Tipping, Inspecting for Quality: Services for the Elderly B.A. Brody (ed.). Moral Theory and Moral Judgement in Medical Ethics A. McNaught, Race and Health Policy A. McNaught, Health Action and Ethnic Minorities J. Martin, H. Meltzer and D. Elliot, OPCS Surveys of Disability in Great Britain, Report 1: The Prevalence of Disability Among Adults R. Anderson and M. Bury, Living with Chronic Illness: The Experience of patients and their Families A. Radley, Prospects of Heart Surgery: Psychological Adjustments to Coronary Bypass Grafting K. Davis, Power Under the Microscope Z.R. Wolf, Nurses' Work, The Sacred and the Profane D. Chapman Walsh, Corporate Physicians: between Medicine and Management S. Fisher and J. Reason (eds). Handbook of Life Stress, Cognition and Health N. Charles and M. Kerr, Women, Food and Families C.J. Smith and J.A. Giggs (eds). Location and Stigma: contemporary perspectives on mental health care. G. Wilce, A Place Like Home, a radical experiment in health care E. Freidson, Profession of Medicine: A Study of the Sociology of Applied Knowledge, With a new Afterword P.U. Unschuld (compiler and translator). Introductory Readings in Classical Chinese Medicine S. van der Geest and S.R. Whyte (eds). The Context of Medicine in Developing Countries