Rethinking the sociology of mental health / [edited by] Joan Busfield.
Rethinking the sociology of mental health / [edited by] Joan Busfield.
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Oxford, UK. ; Malden, Mass. : Blackwell, c2001.
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N306.461/ 37
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English
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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.
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Publisher
Oxford, UK. ; Malden, Mass. : Blackwell, c2001.
Place of Publication
England
Date Published
c2001.
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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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Rethinking the sociology of mental health / [edited by] Joan Busfield.
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General note
Sociology of health and illness monograph series.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
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c2001.
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N306.461/ 37
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74VvoANRAqbg
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ISBN
0631221859 (pbk. : alk. paper)
9780631221852 (pbk. : alk. paper)
DDC
306.461
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991013320619702626