| Description |
xvi, 238 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm |
| Contents |
List of Contributors -- Acknowledgements -- Introduction -- 1. Conceptualising Chronic Illness -- 2. The Identification of Cases in Psychiatry -- 3. Asking Questions in Social Research: Theory and Method -- 4. Researching a Public Health Issue: Gay Men and AIDS -- 5. Making Sense of Socio-economic Health Inequalities -- 6. Children, Health and Illness -- 7. Health, Illness and the Politics of Gender -- 8. Health and Illness in Later Life -- 9. The Politics of Health Care Reform in Britain: A Moving Consensus? -- 10. Professionalism and Health Care -- 11. Palliative Care for All? -- 12. Unwaged Carers and the Provision of Health Care -- Index |
| Summary |
Sociological Perspectives on Health, Illness and Health Care identifies 3 key issues in the sociology of health: researching health, issues surrounding illness in major client/patient groups and factors influencing the provisions of health care |
| Notes |
Includes index |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Subject |
Social medicine.
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Sociology, Medical.
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Social Medicine.
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Social Medicine.
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Sociology, Medical.
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| Author |
Field, David, 1942-
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Taylor, Steve (Steve D.)
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| LC no. |
97039128 |
| ISBN |
0632041471 (paperback) |
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