Health matters : a sociology of illness, prevention and care

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書誌事項

Health matters : a sociology of illness, prevention and care

edited by Alan Petersen & Charles Waddell

Open University Press, 1998

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  • : pbk

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Includes index

内容説明・目次

巻冊次

: pbk ISBN 9780335202607

内容説明

Sickness and death are unavoidable facts of life. However, the likelihood of becoming ill or being disabled, and the experience and circumstances of dying, are not haphazard. Social relations shape health status, illness experience, responses to the sick and definitions of care. Health Matters presents contemporary perspectives and empirical evidence in the sociology of health, focusing on inequalities in health and illness, healthcare and prevention. Chapters cover ethnicity and health, perspectives on the body, the study of health and the emotions, postmodernism and health, psychiatric disability and community-based care, health and the discourse of weight control, the health consumer's perspective, health status in developing economies, healthcare and the popular media, medical practice and medical authority, and inequalities in healthcare in late modern societies. The collection offers a 'state of the art' overview of recent scholarship in the sociology of health, and includes contributions from the United Kingdom, Australia, and New Zealand. It will be of interest to undergraduates in sociology, particularly those in the sociology of health, students in social work, nursing and public health, as well as postgraduates and established researchers.

目次

Preface Part one: Sociology matters Introduction Postmodernism and 'health' Inequalities in late-modern health care Consumer reconstructions of medical knowledge in Australia Emotions, equity and health Evolutionary medicine Part two: Experience matters Introduction Health matters in developing economies Ethnicity, health and health care in Britain Children's images of health Health and the discourse of weight control Containing the body A good enough death? Part three: Care matters Introduction Medicine and health care in popular media Trust and medical authority Uncertainty in medical decision-making Looking after patients and doctors Psychiatric disability and community based care Nurses and the ideal of patient participation Health and the dying person Part four: Prevention matters Introduction Home ownership and health in the United Kingdom Alcohol in indigenous Australian communities AIDS, women and the body politic A well-shaped man
巻冊次

: hbk ISBN 9780335202614

内容説明

This text presents late-1990s perspectives and empirical evidence in the sociology of health, focusing upon inequalities in health and illness, healthcare and prevention. Chapters cover ethnicity and health; perspectives on the body; the study of health and the emotions; postmodernism and health; psychiatric disability and community-based care; health and the discourse of weight control; the health consumers perspective; health status in developing economies; healthcare and the popular media; medical practice and medical authority; and inequalities in healthcare in late modern societies. Contributions come from the United Kingdom, Australia and New Zealand.

目次

  • Part 1 Sociology matters: introduction
  • postmodernism and "health"
  • inequalities in late-modern health care
  • consumer reconstructions of medical knowledge in Australia
  • emotions, equity and health
  • evolutionary medicine. Part 2 Experience matters: introduction
  • health matters in developing economies
  • ethnicity, health and health care in Britain
  • children's images of health
  • health and the discourse of weight control
  • containing the body
  • a good enough death?. Part 3 Care matters: introduction
  • medicine and health care in popular media
  • trust and medical authority
  • uncertainty in medical decision-making
  • looking after patients and doctors
  • psychiatric disability and community based care
  • nurses and the ideal of patient participation
  • health and the dying person. Part 4 Prevention matters: introduction
  • home ownership and health in the United Kingdom
  • alcohol in indigenous Australian communities
  • AIDS, women and the body politic
  • a well-shaped man.

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詳細情報

  • NII書誌ID(NCID)
    BA41826639
  • ISBN
    • 0335202616
    • 0335202608
  • 出版国コード
    uk
  • タイトル言語コード
    eng
  • 本文言語コード
    eng
  • 出版地
    Buckingham
  • ページ数/冊数
    xi, 370 p.
  • 大きさ
    23 cm
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