Sociologies of Disability and Illness

Contested Ideas in Disability Studies and Medical Sociology

C. Thomas (Autor)

Buch | Hardcover

224 Seiten

2007
Red Globe Press (Verlag)
978-1-4039-3636-3 (ISBN)

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This book critically compares conflicting perspectives and overlapping themes within the study of disability and illness across recent decades. With fresh interpretation of traditional theory in medical sociology and informed commentary on theoretical debates in disability studies, it is provocative reading for students and scholars in this field.

CAROL THOMAS is Reader in Sociology at the Institute for Health Research, Lancaster University, UK. She is known for her publications in disability studies and medical sociology. She is the author of Female Forms: Experiencing and Understanding Disability (1999).

Introduction: Disciplinary Divides and Definitions.- Theories and Traditions in Medical Sociology.- Theories and Traditions in Disability Studies.- Care and Dependency: a disciplinary clash.- The body: lost and found.- Experiencing Disability and Chronic Illness.- Towards a Sociology of Disability?.

Erscheint lt. Verlag	27.4.2007
Zusatzinfo	224 p.
Sprache	englisch
Maße	156 x 234 mm
Gewicht	508 g
Themenwelt	Medizin / Pharmazie ► Allgemeines / Lexika
	Studium ► 1. Studienabschnitt (Vorklinik) ► Med. Psychologie / Soziologie
	Sozialwissenschaften ► Soziologie
ISBN-10	1-4039-3636-6 / 1403936366
ISBN-13	978-1-4039-3636-3 / 9781403936363
Zustand	Neuware