Second opinion : an introduction to health sociology / edited by John Germov
- Bib ID:
- 4512863
- Format:
- Book
- Online Version:
- Table of contents only
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- Edition:
- 4th ed.
- Description:
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- South Melbourne, Vic. : Oxford University Press, 2009
- xxvi, 564 p. : ill. ; 26 cm.
- ISBN:
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- 9780195562811
- 019556281X
- Summary:
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"This title provides an introduction for students to the sociology of health and illness. It shows how health and illness are affected by the social, cultural, economic and political features of society. It should also help students to develop a critical sociological imagination, by introducing key sociological concepts and theories, and by showing how sociological analysis can be applied to the study of health and illness." - product description.
- Full contents:
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- Machine derived contents note: Part One Health Sociology and the Social Model of Health 1
- 1 Imagining Health Problems as Social Issues 3
- John Germov
- 2 Theorising Health: Major Theoretical Perspectives in Health Sociology 25
- John Germov
- 3 Researching Health: Methodological Traditions and Innovations 45
- Douglas Ezzy
- Part Two The Social Production and Distribution of Health and Illness 63
- 4 Global Public Health 65
- Alex Broom And John Germov
- 5 The Class Origins of Health Inequality 85
- John Germov
- 6 Workplace Health 111
- Toni Schofield
- 7 Gender and Health 130
- Dorothy Broom
- 8 Indigenous Health: The Perpetuation of Inequality 156
- Dennis Gray And Sherry Saggers
- 9 Ethnicity, Health, and Multiculturalism 175
- Roberta Julian
- 10 Rural Health 197
- Clarissa Hughes
- Part Three The Social Construction of Health and Illness 219
- 11 The Social Appetite: A Sociological Approach to Food and Nutrition 221
- Lauren Williams And John Germov
- 12 The Medicalisation of Deviance 242
- Sharyn L. Roach Anleu
- 13 Mental Illness: Understandings, Experience, and Service Provision 269
- Pauline Savy And Anne-Maree Sawyer
- 14 The Illness Experience: Lay Perspectives, Disability, and Chronic Illness 288
- Daphne Habibis
- 15 Ageing, Health, and the Demographic Revolution 307
- Marilyn Poole
- 16 The Human Genome Project: A Sociology of Medical Technology 328
- Evan Willis
- 17 Media and Health: Moral Panics, Sinners, and Saviours 347
- John Germov And Maria Freij
- Part Four The Social Organisation of Health Care: Professions,
- Politics, and Policies 365
- 18 Power, Politics, and Health Care 367
- Helen Belcher
- 19 Challenges to Medical Dominance 392
- John Germov
- 20 Sociology of Nursing 416
- Helen Keleher
- 21 The Sociology of Complementary and Alternative Medicine 433
- Alex Broom
- 22 Jostling for Position: A Sociology of Allied Health 452
- Lauren Williams
- 23 A Sociology of Health Promotion 476
- Katy Richmond And John Germov
- 24 Community Health Services in Australia 499
- Fran Baum.
- Notes:
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- Previous ed.: 2005.
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Subject:
- Other authors/contributors:
- Germov, John
- Also Titled:
- Health sociology
- Copyright:
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- Publication date:
- 2009
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