Andrew Russell

The Social Basis of Medicine

• Broschiertes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

This brand new title in the Lecture Notes series is gives students an understanding of how education, social class, family, economics and occupational circumstances, and cultural and ethnic backgrounds all shape individuals and how understanding these factors aids effective clinical practice. As well as featuring photographs and line drawings to illustrate key points, it also contains "points of view" boxes to encourage critical thinking and self-assessment.

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Following the GMC's call for greater social and behaviouralscience input into undergraduate medical education,
this brand new title in the Lecture Notes series provides anunderstanding of how education, social class, family, economics andoccupational circumstances, as well as cultural and ethnicinfluences, shape patients and health professionals alike. A deeperappreciation and understanding of these issues can have a positiveeffect on clinical diagnosis and practice.

Emphasising clinical relevance at all times, the book featuresphotographs and line drawings to illustrate key points, and casestudies that provide real-life illustrations of the pointsdiscussed. It also contains points of view boxes which encouragecritical thinking and challenge the reader to come up with theirown explanations for the phenomena described. Lecture Notes: TheSocial Basis of Medicine provides information and materialsuseful not only for undergraduate medical students, but also forrecently graduated and practising doctors who wish to have agreater understanding of, and to develop their skills in, thisarea.

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Produktdetails

• Lecture Notes
• Verlag: Wiley & Sons / Wiley-Blackwell
• 1. Auflage
• Seitenzahl: 232
• Erscheinungstermin: 13. April 2009
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 242mm x 214mm x 13mm
• Gewicht: 518g
• ISBN-13: 9781405139120
• ISBN-10: 1405139129
• Artikelnr.: 25605942

Autorenporträt

Andrew Russell, Department of Anthropology, Durham University

Inhaltsangabe

Preface.
Acknowledgements.
1 The social basis of medicine.
2 Beliefs about health, ill health and the body.
3 Health and health care in the popular sector.
4 Health and health care in the professional sector.
5 Health and health care in the folk sector: complementary and alternative
medicine.
6 The consultation.
7 Health inequalities.
8 Sex and gender, race and ethnicity in health and health care.
9 Mental health, illness and health care.
10 Disability and society.
11 Promoting health.
12 Chronic illness.
13 Death and dying.
14 International health.
Glossary