TY - GEN N2 - Medical sociology is now an established subdiscipline in both medicine and sociology. This book traces the intellectual and institutional evolution of the field in relation to antecedents of the past 2000 years. Drawing on his own experience as a participant and witness as well as from diverse fields, the author provides an account of the ongoing search for knowledge about relationship between illness, medicine, and society. AB - Medical sociology is now an established subdiscipline in both medicine and sociology. This book traces the intellectual and institutional evolution of the field in relation to antecedents of the past 2000 years. Drawing on his own experience as a participant and witness as well as from diverse fields, the author provides an account of the ongoing search for knowledge about relationship between illness, medicine, and society. T1 - The word as scalpel :a history of medical sociology / DA - 2002. CY - New York : AU - Bloom, Samuel William, CN - ProQuest Ebook Central Academic Complete CN - RA418.3.U6 PB - Oxford University Press, PP - New York : PY - 2002. ID - 1399109 KW - Social medicine KW - Sociology SN - 9781417587575 SN - 1602564671 SN - 9781423735335 SN - 1423735331 SN - 9781602564671 SN - 9780198023647 SN - 0198023642 SN - 9780195348866 SN - 0195348869 TI - The word as scalpel :a history of medical sociology / LK - https://univsouthin.idm.oclc.org/login?url=https://ebookcentral.proquest.com/lib/usiricelib-ebooks/detail.action?docID=4701542 UR - https://univsouthin.idm.oclc.org/login?url=https://ebookcentral.proquest.com/lib/usiricelib-ebooks/detail.action?docID=4701542 ER -