Sickness Work

Personal Reflections of a Sociologist

Gerhard Nijhof (Autor)

Buch | Softcover

124 Seiten

2018 | Softcover reprint of the original 1st ed. 2018
Springer Verlag, Singapore
978-981-13-4388-9 (ISBN)

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This is the story of a professor of Medical Sociology, diagnosed with colon cancer. He undergoes the appropriate medical treatment. Passing through that trajectory, he realizes that things happen that he never read about in the professional literature. During his illness and rehabilitation he scribbles down notes about what is happening to him, what he is observing and what things do not tally with his knowledge of the sociological literature. This continuous connection of personal experience with academic literature is what makes this book such a powerful account of the ‘everyday’ life of a sick person.
Recommended to teachers and students in the field of social health research; to everyone who works in health care, professionals as well as volunteers; and to men and women who themselves are experiencing a serious illness.

Gerhard Nijhof is emeritus professor of Medical Sociology at the University of Amsterdam, the Netherlands.

Foreword.- Preface.- 1. Introduction.- 2. Disruption.- 3. Incantation.- 4. Collective Disruption.- 5. Sickness Work.- 6. Control.- 7. The Outside World.- 8. Legitimation.- 9. Epilogue.- Notes.- Index.

Erscheinungsdatum	21.01.2019
Zusatzinfo	XIX, 124 p.
Verlagsort	Singapore
Sprache	englisch
Maße	148 x 210 mm
Gewicht	197 g
Themenwelt	Studium ► 1. Studienabschnitt (Vorklinik) ► Med. Psychologie / Soziologie
	Studium ► Querschnittsbereiche ► Prävention / Gesundheitsförderung
	Naturwissenschaften ► Biologie ► Humanbiologie
	Sozialwissenschaften ► Ethnologie
	Sozialwissenschaften ► Soziologie
ISBN-10	981-13-4388-8 / 9811343888
ISBN-13	978-981-13-4388-9 / 9789811343889
Zustand	Neuware