Sociology of Health and Health Care

Steve Taylor, David Field (Herausgeber)

Buch | Softcover

240 Seiten

1993
Blackwell Science Ltd (Verlag)
978-0-632-03402-4 (ISBN)

Infos

The editors have succeeded in providing an introductory text in sociological approaches to health, illness and health care. Material has also been used from the related disciplines of social policy, social demography and social psychology. The structure of the book should help the reader to build up an understanding of the area gradually and logically.

Inhalt

Sociology applied to health; health and health care in modern Britain; health, illness and social structure; health, medicine and society; inequalities in health; the social basis of health; experiences of health and illness; social definitions of health and illness; the experience of chronic illness and disability; death and dying; caring for the sick; health policy in Britian; family, community and health; nursing as an occupation.

Produkt-Details

• Erscheint lt. Verlag: 30.7.1993
• Zusatzinfo: 27 line drawings, appendices, bibliography
• Verlagsort: Oxford
• Sprache: englisch
• Maße: 156 x 234 mm
• Themenwelt: Medizin / Pharmazie ► Gesundheitswesen
• Themenwelt: Medizin / Pharmazie ► Pflege
• Themenwelt: Sozialwissenschaften ► Soziologie
• ISBN-10: 0-632-03402-5 / 0632034025
• ISBN-13: 978-0-632-03402-4 / 9780632034024
• Zustand: Neuware