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Understanding health : a sociological introduction / Anne-Marie Barry and Chris Yuill.
Holman Biotech Commons RA418 .B37 2002
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Barry, Anne-Marie O'Hanlon.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Social medicine.
- Health--Social aspects.
- Health.
- Social Medicine.
- Social Sciences.
- Medical Subjects:
- Social Medicine.
- Social Sciences.
- Health.
- Physical Description:
- viii, 152 pages : illustrations ; 26 cm
- Place of Publication:
- London ; Thousand Oaks, Calif. : SAGE, 2002.
- Summary:
- A comprehensive and accessible introduction to the sociology of health and illness, written for students on a wide range of courses. This book clearly explains what sociology is and how it contributes to our understanding of health. It describes
- Contents:
- 1 The Sociology of Health and Illness: Explaining and Theorising 3
- 2 The Development of Modern Medicine: Delusions of Adequacy 17
- 3 Medical Care or Medical Control? 26
- 4 Challenging Medical Dominance 40
- 5 Gender, Ethnicity, 'Race' and Mental Health 54
- 6 Class, Capitalism and Health 74
- 7 The Sociology of the Body 92
- 8 Health in a Social Context: The Challenge of Ageing 111
- 9 Health care Contexts 127.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references (pages [143]-149) and index.
- Local Notes:
- Acquired for the Penn Libraries with assistance from the Alumni and Friends Memorial Book Fund.
- ISBN:
- 0761973060
- 0761973079
- OCLC:
- 50614551
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