Cover -- Half Title -- Title Page -- Copyright Page -- Dedication -- Table of Contents -- Foreword to the first edition -- Preface -- Acknowledgements -- About the author -- Note about language -- Introduction -- Chapter 1 Lay health beliefs and doctor-patient relationships -- Chapter 2 The body as a social entity -- Chapter 3 The experience of chronic illness and disability -- Chapter 4 Labelling and stigma -- Chapter 5 Mental illness -- Chapter 6 Social inequalities in health -- Chapter 7 Gender and health -- Chapter 8 Ethnicity and health -- Chapter 9 Ageing society and older people