Sociology in practice for health care professionals
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Sociology in practice for health care professionals
Macmillan, 1998
- : pbk
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  Aomori
  Iwate
  Miyagi
  Akita
  Yamagata
  Fukushima
  Ibaraki
  Tochigi
  Gunma
  Saitama
  Chiba
  Tokyo
  Kanagawa
  Niigata
  Toyama
  Ishikawa
  Fukui
  Yamanashi
  Nagano
  Gifu
  Shizuoka
  Aichi
  Mie
  Shiga
  Kyoto
  Osaka
  Hyogo
  Nara
  Wakayama
  Tottori
  Shimane
  Okayama
  Hiroshima
  Yamaguchi
  Tokushima
  Kagawa
  Ehime
  Kochi
  Fukuoka
  Saga
  Nagasaki
  Kumamoto
  Oita
  Miyazaki
  Kagoshima
  Okinawa
  Korea
  China
  Thailand
  United Kingdom
  Germany
  Switzerland
  France
  Belgium
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  United States of America
Note
Includes bibliographical references (p. 254-260) and index
Description and Table of Contents
Description
This introductory text encourages the application of sociological insights in health care. Health processes and outcomes are analysed in terms of social difference, inequality, opportunities and life chances. Key sociological concepts and theories are introduced by using practical exercises and an active learning approach. The book is written in an accessible style so that it can be used as a course text but will also appeal to individual readers at all levels in their career.
Table of Contents
The Nature of Sociology: Explanations and Applications.- The Power to Care.- Learning to Care: A Lifetime of Socialisation.- The Basis of Informal Care: Families and Households.- Healthy Learning.- Working for Health.- Equal and Unequal Opportunities.- Inherited Health.- Natural Carers: Sex and Gender.- Common and Uncommon Cultures.- Beliefs, Moralities and Ideologies of Care.- Controlling Conditions.- The Costs of 'Free' Time.- Well-Fare, Ill-Fare, How Fair?.- Modelling Health Care Sociologically.- References.- Index.
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