New Directions in the Sociology of Health

Herausgeber: Abbott, Pamela; Payne, Geoff

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Produktbeschreibung

New Directions in the Sociology of Health links a number of contemporary issues to a broader sociological framework. It discusses health policy and programmes aimed at public concerns like AIDS, drug use, tranquilizer dependency and alcohol abuse.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Taylor & Francis
• Seitenzahl: 202
• Erscheinungstermin: 9. Mai 2018
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 216mm x 140mm x 13mm
• Gewicht: 386g
• ISBN-13: 9780815351047
• ISBN-10: 0815351046
• Artikelnr.: 52998140

Autorenporträt

Pamela Abbott, Geoff Payne

Inhaltsangabe

1. Introduction: Developing the Sociology of Health 2. Socio-economic
Conditions and Aspects of Health: Respiratory Symptoms in Four West
Yorkshire Mining Localities 3. Opening the 'Black Box': Inequalities in
Women's Health 4. Distance Decay and Information Deprivation: Health
Implications for People in Rural Isolation 5. 'We're Home Helps Because we
Care': The Experience of Home Helps Caring for Elderly People 6. Hooked?
Media Responses to Tranquillizer Dependence 7. Regulating our Favourite
Drug 8. Say No to Drugs, but Yes to Clean Syringes? 9. Using Alternative
Therapies: Marginal Medicine and Central Concerns 10. Caribbean Home
Remedies and their Importance for Black Women's Health Care in Britain 11.
Health and Work in the 1990s: Towards a New Perspective 12. Where was
Sociology in the Struggle to Re-establish Public Health? References Authors
Index Subject Index