Title Page -- Copyright Page -- Contents -- Acknowledgements -- Introduction: medical sociology in the new millennium -- 1 The biomedical body: reductionism, constructionism and beyond -- 2 What is health? Thinking through the boundaries of the body -- 3 'Structuring' bodies: emotions, inequalities and health -- 4 Children, ageing and health: bodies across the lifecourse -- 5 Bodily dys-order: chronic illness as biographical disruption? -- 6 Dormant/mortal bodies: sleep, death and dying in late/postmodernity -- 7 Reason, emotion and 'mental' health: where do we draw the line? -- 8 Hi-tech bodies: from corporeality to hyperreality? -- 9 Caring bodies/embodied ethics -- Conclusion: the challenges ahead -- References -- Index.