The paper describes and evaluates the theoretical underpinnings of the International
Classification of Functioning, Disability and Health (ICF), and develops the proposition that …

2 Introduction converting the territory into a single private domain. Through doing this
orthodox Jews are enabled to carry on the Sabbath outside their home. Disputes over the …

Drawing on interviewdata with men andwomen who have engaged with in vitro fertilization
(IVF) unsuccessfully, this article explores the ways in which men experience and make …

In spite of the fact that almost eighty percent of all IVF cycles are unsuccessful, the dominant
representations of the technology are of its success. Based on extensive interviews with …

Advance statements about medical care have been heralded by some as a solution to the
problem of end of life decision making for people not able to participate in discussions about …

When a child is born with ambiguousgenitalia it is declared a psychosocialemergency, and
the policy first proposed byJohn Money (Johns Hopkins University) andadapted by the …

Using a feminist discursive analytic approach this article investigates descriptions of
anorexia and bulimia for the purposes of deconstructing some of the hierarchies implicit in …

This paper analyses surveillance as a technique of power in the culture of physical
education, including its impact upon the health of teachers. Additionally, gendered aspects …

This article represents one facet of the author's research on women's experiences of
embodiment after breast cancer. Herein, women's reliance on and rejection of medicalized …

Cultural alteration is slower to take effect, but the nation's sexual repressions, in-turned
emotional culture, and misogynist containment of feminine sexuality were strongly affected …