An introduction to the sociology of health and illness / Kevin White.
An introduction to the sociology of health and illness / Kevin White.
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Publisher
London : SAGE, 2002.
Date
2002.
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N306.461/ 42
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Language
English
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Physical content
x, 196 p. ; 25 cm.
Contents
1. Introduction -- 2. The social construction of medical knowledge -- 3. The development of the sociology of health -- 4. Postmodernity, epidemiology and neo-liberalism -- 5. Materialist approaches to the sociology of health --6. Parsons, American sociology of medicine and the sick role -- 7. Foucau...
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Publisher
London : SAGE, 2002.
Place of Publication
England
Date Published
2002.
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Summary
The main purpose of this book is to demonstrate that disease is socially produced and distributed. Becoming sick and unhealthy is not the result of individual misfortune or an accident of nature. It is a consequence of the social, political and economic organization of society. In developing this thesis, the author systematically introduces student...
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An introduction to the sociology of health and illness / Kevin White.
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Sociology of health and illness.
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Includes index.
Bibliography p. [170]-190.
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306.461
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