Understanding the Sociology of Health / Anne-Marie Barry and Chris Yuill.
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TextPublication details: Los Angeles : SAGE, c2012.Edition: 3rd edDescription: xvi, 359 p. : ill., map ; 24 cmISBN: - 9781446201879 (hbk.)
- 1446201872 (hbk.)
- 9781446201886 (pbk.)
- 1446201880 (pbk.)
- 306.461 23 BAR
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Previous ed.: 2008.
Includes bibliographical references (p. [332]-351) and index.
Theories, perspectives and concepts -- Sociological theory: explaining and theorising -- Concepts of health and medicine -- Medical power and knowledge -- Challenging medical dominance -- Evidence and enquiry: an overview of sociological research -- Key themes -- Class and health -- Ethnicity, race and health -- Gender and health -- Mental health -- Sexualities and health / with Megan Todd -- Sociology of the body: chronic illness and disability -- Health, ageing and the life course -- Contexts -- Places of care -- Health care in context / with Clare Swan and Pedro Morago -- Brief social history of health and healing -- Sport, health, exercise and the body -- Death and dying.
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