| Description |
x, 334 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm |
| Contents |
Pt. I. Social Theory and the Sociology of Health and Illness. 1. The Theoretical Origins and Development of the Sociology of Health and Illness. 2. Shattering the Orthodoxy? Foucault, Postmodernism and the Sociology of the Body. 3. The Feminist Challenge -- Pt. II. Contemporary Health Inequalities. 4. Class Structure, Inequalities and Health. 5. Gender Inequalities and Health Status. 6. 'Race', Ethnicity and Health Status -- Pt. III. Accomplishing Health and Health Care. 7. Health Care in the 1990s and Beyond. 8. Professional Powers: The Formal Health-Care Division of Labour in Transition. 9. The Experience of Illness and Health Care in Contemporary Society |
| Summary |
In this exciting new introduction to the sociology of health and illness, the author examines the core issues of discipline and reassesses them in the light of recent developments in health care and social theory |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages [283]-308) and index |
| Subject |
Social medicine -- United States.
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Medical care -- United States.
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Sociology, Medical.
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Delivery of Health Care.
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| SUBJECT |
United Kingdom. https://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/D006113 |
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United States. https://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/D014481 |
| LC no. |
97045218 |
| ISBN |
0745613578 hardback |
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0745613586 paperback |
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