V. Sujatha

Sociology of Health and Medicine

New Perspectives

• Gebundenes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

Health and medicine rarely constitute object of enquiry in the social science literature in India. Given the fact that experience of disease and its detection are deeply embedded in social settings, foundational questions on the meaning and experience of health and on the role of medicine have to be raised. Drawing upon published social science research in the field, this book discusses many of these questions. It also brings medical pluralism into the heart of social theory of health and medicine, that has hitherto been labouring under the assumption of medicine in the singular, namely, western bio medicine.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Oxford University Press, USA
• Seitenzahl: 338
• Erscheinungstermin: 3. September 2014
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 145mm x 218mm x 30mm
• Gewicht: 549g
• ISBN-13: 9780198099130
• ISBN-10: 0198099134
• Artikelnr.: 54548178

Autorenporträt

V. Sujatha is Professor at the Centre for the Study of Social Systems, School of Social Sciences, Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi.

Inhaltsangabe

Acknowledgements
Preface and Introduction
1. Health, Medicine, and the Social Sciences: Some Glimpses and Insights
2. Explaining Health, Illness, and Society: Theoretical Approaches
3. Curing, Healing, and Culture
4. Health, Medicine, and the State: Historical Perspectives
5. Health Status and the Public Health System in India
6. The Private Sector in Health and Medicine: The Indian Story
Conclusion
Appendix
Bibliography
Index
About the Author