Classic texts in health care

By:

MacKay, L

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Publication details: Butterworth-Heinemann, 1998Description: 337pISBN:

0750627387

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NLM classification:

WA 30 MAC.

Contents:

Part 1 Health: some fundamental issues Kelman - The social nature of the definition problem in health McKeown - The role of medicine: dream, mirage, or nemesis Strong - epidemic psychology: a model Calnan: Health and illness: the lay perspective Blaxter - health and lifestyles Goffman - assylums Part 2 Professions Hughes - the making of a physician Melia - learning and working: the occupational socialization of nurses Schon - the reflective practitioner: how professionals think in action Etzioni - the semi-professions and their organization Oakley - the importance of being a nurse Armstrong - the fabrication of nurse-patient relationships Part 3 How far have we come? or fifty years of the National Health Service Abel-Smith - health care before the National Health Widgery - that National Health: a radical perspective Titmuss - the gift relationship Doyal - the political economy of health Gillon - justice and allocation of medical resources

Summary: A core reader for sociology and related modules in nursing and allied healthcare degrees and diploma courses. Classic texts from the last fifty years have been brought together to present this unique collection of excerpts in one accessible volume.They are relevant to medical sociology, the sociology of health and illness, the experiences of patients and of professionals and the dynamic health care environment. This is an important resource and study companion.

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Part 1 Health: some fundamental issues
Kelman - The social nature of the definition problem in health
McKeown - The role of medicine: dream, mirage, or nemesis
Strong - epidemic psychology: a model
Calnan: Health and illness: the lay perspective
Blaxter - health and lifestyles
Goffman - assylums
Part 2 Professions
Hughes - the making of a physician
Melia - learning and working: the occupational socialization of nurses
Schon - the reflective practitioner: how professionals think in action
Etzioni - the semi-professions and their organization
Oakley - the importance of being a nurse
Armstrong - the fabrication of nurse-patient relationships
Part 3 How far have we come? or fifty years of the National Health Service
Abel-Smith - health care before the National Health
Widgery - that National Health: a radical perspective
Titmuss - the gift relationship
Doyal - the political economy of health
Gillon - justice and allocation of medical resources

A core reader for sociology and related modules in nursing and allied healthcare degrees and diploma courses. Classic texts from the last fifty years have been brought together to present this unique collection of excerpts in one accessible volume.They are relevant to medical sociology, the sociology of health and illness, the experiences of patients and of professionals and the dynamic health care environment. This is an important resource and study companion.

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