Download or read book Modernity, Medicine and Health written by Paul Higgs and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2005-08-19 with total page 260 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: An opportunity for medical sociology to establish a voice in the key debates in social science today: modernity, postmodernity, structuralism and poststructuralism. Essential reading for students of the sociology of medicine, health and illness.