Readings in Indian Sociology (eBook)

Volume IV: Sociology of Health

Madhu Nagla (Herausgeber)

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2013 | 1., First Edition
396 Seiten
Sage Publications (Verlag)
978-81-321-1838-1 (ISBN)

Infos

Sociology of Health, contains empirical and theoretical articles that apply sociological concepts and methods to the understanding of health and illness and the organization of medicine and healthcare. Further the articles also try to explore the understanding of the process by which social practices and human health are related.

Inhalt

Series Note
Foreword - Yogendra Singh
Preface and Acknowledgements
Introduction - Madhu Nagla
Sociological Inroads into Medicine: A Tribute to Aneeta A. Minocha (1943-2007) - Ruby Bhardwaj
Food: The Immanent Cause from Outside - Medical Lore on Food and Health in Village Tamil Nadu - V Sujatha
State Sponsored Health Care in Rural Uttar Pradesh: Grassroots Encounters of a Survey Researcher - Rajiv Balakrishnan
Gram Panchayat and Health Care Delivery in Himachal Pradesh - Sthitapragyan Ray
Occupational Attitudes of Physicians - Dr A Ramanamma and Usha Bambawale
The System of Hope: The Constitution of Identity in Medical Institutions - Roma Chatterji
Voice of Illness and Voice of Medicine in Doctor-Patient Interaction - Matthew George
Narratives of Sickness and Suffering: A Study of Malaria in South Gujarat - Purendra Prasad
Caste Variations in Reproductive Health Status of Women: A Study of Three Eastern States - Papia Raj and Aditya Raj
Informal Social Netwroks, Sonography and Female Foeticide in India - Tulsi Patel
Perception and Work Ethos of Medical Experts Dealing with Infertile Couples: A Study in Medical Sociology - Bela Kothari
‘Correcting’ the Reproductive ‘Impairment’: Infertility Treatment Seeking Experiences of Low Income Group Women in Mumbai Slums - Meghana Joshi
Risk Culture, Propertied Classes, and Dynamics of a Region: A Study of HIV/AIDS in East Godavari District (Andhra Pradesh) - Asima Jena and N Purendra Prasad
Addressing the Rights of HIV-Positive Women: A Comparative Study of Civil Society Activism in Karnataka and West Bengal - Skylab Sahu
Prison Inmate Awareness of HIV and AIDS in Durban, South Africa - Hanta Singh
Medicalisation of Mental Disorder: Shifting Epistemologies and Beyond - Tina Chakravarty
Freedom in the Imperial Imagination: Mental Asylums Ideology and Political Economy in Colonial India - Parthsarathi Mondal
A Sociology for Happiness: Beyond Western Versus non-Western Perspectives - Kenji Kosaka
Social Change in The Caste Hindu Family and its Possible Impact on Personality and Mental Health - A A Khatri
‘Indigenisation’ not ‘Indianisation’ of Psychiatry: An Anthropological Perspective - Renu Addlakha
Index
Appendix of Sources

Produkt-Details

• Erscheint lt. Verlag: 31.12.2013
• Reihe/Serie: Readings in Indian Sociology
• Verlagsort: New Delhi
• Sprache: englisch
• Themenwelt: Studium ► 1. Studienabschnitt (Vorklinik) ► Med. Psychologie / Soziologie
• Themenwelt: Sozialwissenschaften ► Pädagogik
• Themenwelt: Sozialwissenschaften ► Soziologie
• Schlagworte: Human health • medicine and healthcare • Social Practices • Sociology • Sociology of Health & Illness
• ISBN-10: 81-321-1838-3 / 8132118383
• ISBN-13: 978-81-321-1838-1 / 9788132118381