A theoretical overview. Part 1: Representation of Health, Illness and Handicap in the Mass Media of Communication: The Self and Media Messages - Match or Mismatch?; The Face of AIDS; Representations of Learning Disability in the Literature of Charity Campaigns. Part 2: Professional and Lay Representations of Health, Illness and Handicap: The Self and the Other - Perception of the Risk of HIV/AIDS in Scottish Prisons; Clinical Diagnosis and the Joint Construction of a Medical Voice; The Mentally Ill Person and the Other - Social Representations and Interactive Strategies; Medical and Lay Explanations of Diabetes in England and India. Part 3: Human agency and Well-being: Quality of Life - Hope for the Future or an Echo from the Distant Past?; Quality of Life and Mental Health - Evaluating the Impact of Long-Term Care; Coping and Human Agency.
