This book challenges the view that ill-health and disease are misfortunes that just happen to people. Instead, it shows that ill-health is largely a product of the social and economic organisation of society; that medical practice and research are strongly influenced by their roles in maintaining and controlling a healthy labour force; and that the medical field provides a large and growing arena for the accumulation of capital.
- ISBN10 0896080471
- ISBN13 9780896080478
- Publish Date 1 December 1981
- Publish Status Out of Print
- Out of Print 9 July 2021
- Imprint South End Press
- Format Paperback (US Trade)
- Pages 360
- Language English