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Rethinking the sociology of mental health / [edited by] Joan Busfield.

Rethinking the sociology of mental health / [edited by]...

Rethinking the sociology of mental health / [edited by] Joan Busfield.

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Rethinking the sociology of mental health / [edited by] Joan Busfield.

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Full title

Rethinking the sociology of mental health / [edited by] Joan Busfield.

Publisher

Oxford, UK. ; Malden, Mass. : Blackwell, c2001.

Call Numbers

N306.461/ 37

Record Identifier

74VvoANRAqbg

MMS ID

991013320619702626

Language

English

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Physical Description

Physical content

vi, 182 p. ; 23 cm.

Contents

1. Introduction: Rethinking the sociology of mental health / Joan Busfield -- 2. Reason, emotion and embodiment: is 'mental' health a contradiction in terms? / Simon J. Williams -- 3. Disability, impairment or illness? The relevance of the social model of disability to the study of mental disorder /...

9. Rethinking professional prerogative: managed mental health care providers / Teresa L. Scheid.

Publication information

Publisher

Oxford, UK. ; Malden, Mass. : Blackwell, c2001.

Place of Publication

England

Date Published

c2001.

Subjects

Subjects and topics

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Scope and Contents

Summary

"This book is a collection of original papers introducing new ways of thinking sociologically about the terrain of mental health. There are more general papers about mental health and mental health policy and papers about specific types of mental illness and particular policy issues such as dangerousness."--BOOK JACKET.

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Full title

Rethinking the sociology of mental health / [edited by] Joan Busfield.

Authors, Artists and Contributors

Author / Artists

Notes

General note

Sociology of health and illness monograph series.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Contextual Information

Date Copyright

c2001.

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Primary Identifiers

Call Numbers

N306.461/ 37

Record Identifier

74VvoANRAqbg

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https://devfeature-collection.sl.nsw.gov.au/record/74VvoANRAqbg

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ISBN

0631221859 (pbk. : alk. paper)

9780631221852 (pbk. : alk. paper)

DDC

306.461

MMS ID

991013320619702626

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