Health and disease : a reader

著者

• Davey, Basiro
• Gray, Alastair
• Seale, Clive

書誌事項

Health and disease : a reader

edited by Basiro Davey, Alastair Gray and Clive Seale

Open University Press, 2001

3rd ed.

• : hard
• : pbk

注記

Includes bibliographical references and indexes

内容説明・目次

内容説明

Praise for Health and Disease: A Reader: "An extremely useful book - covering a wide variety of health-related topics from several perspectives...makes available many of the research findings, ideas and analyses that influence current thinking and debates in the field of health and disease." - The British Journal of Medical Psychology Health and disease have become major subjects for investigation, comment and debate. Health and Disease: A Reader is an interdisciplinary collection of articles which reflect the varied and sometimes controversial perspectives within these debates. Drawn from a wide range of sources, including the biomedical and social sciences, history, literature and lay accounts, these articles address all aspects of health and disease. Health and Disease: A Reader is: * the third edition of a best-selling and widely used textbook * revised and updated, with a range of new articles * a unique collection of articles, including extracts from 'classic' texts, specially commissioned articles and many articles which are often unavailable elsewhere * grouped into seven key areas, with editorial introductions which provide a context and guide to the main themes, the articles and their authors * the reader for Open University course U205 Health and Disease * specifically designed with the needs of students and teachers in mind * an essential teaching tool and resource Health and Disease: A Reader will be essential reading for all students and teachers of health studies, nursing, medicine, social policy, social work and sociology. It will also be of interest to researchers in the natural and social sciences, health care professionals, policy makers and analysts, and anyone interested in health, disease and health care.

目次

Introduction Part one: Cultural aspects of health, illness and healing Part two: Experiencing health, disease and health care Part three: Influences on health and disease Part four: The role of medicine Part five: The social context of health care Part six: Health work Part seven: Prospects and speculations Index.

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詳細情報

• NII書誌ID(NCID): BA56171486
• ISBN:
  • 0335209688
  • 033520967X
• 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 [England] ; Philadelphia
• ページ数/冊数: xvii, 458 p.
• 大きさ: 25 cm
• 分類:
  • LCC : RA436
  • DC20 : 362.1
• 件名:
  • LCSH : Public health
  • LCSH : Social medicine
  • LCSH : Medical care