Download or read book Foucault, Health and Medicine written by Alan R. Petersen and published by Psychology Press. This book was released on 1997 with total page 296 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This 'state of the art' overview of Foucaldian scholarship in health and medicine assesses the profound impact of Foucault's work and shows how key researchers in the sociology of health and illness are currently engaging with his work.