Sociology as applied to health and medicine
Scambler, G (ed)
Sociology as applied to health and medicine - 7th - London : Macmillan Education UK, 2018 - xxviii, 434p.
Text includes: Society and changing patterns of health and illness; Social determinants of health; Globalisation and health; Ethnicity and health; Later life, health and society; Health-related deviance and stigma; The shifting boundaries of medical knowledge; Digital health and health care; The health professions and professional practice; Measuring health outcomes; Assessing health care system performance. Includes list of figures; List of tables; List of boxes
This book offers an up-to-date, concise and theoretically and empirically informed introduction to the core issues in the sociology of health and health care. It includes updated chapters on established themes of social aspects of health, disease and medical practice, social structures and the organisation of health services, as well as brand new chapters on contemporary topics such as globalisation, the sociology of the body and digital technologies.
9781137577375
Sociology and Social Services
Sociology as applied to health and medicine - 7th - London : Macmillan Education UK, 2018 - xxviii, 434p.
Text includes: Society and changing patterns of health and illness; Social determinants of health; Globalisation and health; Ethnicity and health; Later life, health and society; Health-related deviance and stigma; The shifting boundaries of medical knowledge; Digital health and health care; The health professions and professional practice; Measuring health outcomes; Assessing health care system performance. Includes list of figures; List of tables; List of boxes
This book offers an up-to-date, concise and theoretically and empirically informed introduction to the core issues in the sociology of health and health care. It includes updated chapters on established themes of social aspects of health, disease and medical practice, social structures and the organisation of health services, as well as brand new chapters on contemporary topics such as globalisation, the sociology of the body and digital technologies.
9781137577375
Sociology and Social Services