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The sociology of health and illness / Sarah Nettleton.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Nettleton, Sarah, 1960- Author.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Social medicine.
- Sociology, Medical.
- Health and Fitness.
- Health and Wellbeing.
- United Kingdom.
- Medical Subjects:
- Sociology, Medical.
- United Kingdom.
- Physical Description:
- xv, 320 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm
- Edition:
- Fourth edition.
- Place of Publication:
- Cambridge, UK ; Medford : Polity, [2021]
- Summary:
- "Fourth edition of a best-selling textbook which has become a standard resource in the field"-- Provided by publisher.
- Contents:
- 1 Introduction: The Changing Domains of the Sociology of Health and Illness
- 2 The Social Construction of Medical Knowledge
- 3 Health Practices, Lay Beliefs, Lifestyles and Risk
- 4 The Experience of Chronic Illness and Disability
- 5 Sociology of Mental Health and Illness
- 6 The Sociology of the Body
- 7 The Sociology of Innovative Health Technologies
- 8 The Sociology of Lay-Professional Interactions
- 9 Social Inequalities and Health Status
- 10 Health Care Professions and Practitioners in Late Modernism
- 11 Developments in Health Policy: A New Paradigm for Health Care?
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 267-304) and index.
- Other Format:
- Online version: Nettleton, Sarah, The sociology of health and illness
- ISBN:
- 9781509512737
- 150951273X
- 9781509512744
- 1509512748
- OCLC:
- 1142881254
- Publisher Number:
- 90104555318
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