The Sociology and Politics of Health

A Reader
Herausgeber: Banks, David; Purdy, Michael

• Broschiertes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

Health care systems, the role of health professionals and the experience of health and illness are all undergoing change and development as we enter the twenty-first century. The Sociology and Politics of Health is a collection of key readings through which to explore the sociological and political dimensions of health, illness and health care. Combining classic pieces with more up-to-date contributions, it includes examples taken from current domestic and international initiatives and draws on humanist, materialist, feminist and constructionalist perspectives. The Sociology and Politics of Health covers: * ideology and policy * social stratification * professionalisation * the experience of health and illness. * This reader offers health studies students, nurses and other health professionals an invaluable introduction to an increasingly important field of social inquiry.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Taylor & Francis
• Seitenzahl: 286
• Erscheinungstermin: 19. April 2001
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 218mm x 173mm x 17mm
• Gewicht: 435g
• ISBN-13: 9780415233194
• ISBN-10: 0415233194
• Artikelnr.: 22399418

Autorenporträt

David Banks, Michael Purdy

Inhaltsangabe

Introduction 1. The Condition of the Working Class in England 2. National
Health Service Bill 3. The Road to Serfdom 4. Working for Patients 5.
Everyone A Private Patient 6. Supporting Families 7. The New NHS 8. Saving
Lives 9. A New Universalism Part Two: Social Stratification and Health
Introduction 10. The Poor and the Poorest 11. The Black Spot 12. Widening
Inequality of Health in Northern England, 1981-91 13. What Makes Women Sick
14. You Are Dangerous to your Health 15. Beyond the Black Report 16.The
Acheson Report PartThree: Professionalisation and Health Introduction
17.The Profession of Medicine 18. Governmentality and the
Institutionalization of Expertise 19. The Rise of Surveillance Medicine 20.
The Diagnostic Test and the Danger Within 21. The Modern Rise of Population
22. From Tribalism to Corporatism: The Managerial Challenge to Medical
Dominance 23. Disability and the Myth of the Independent Researcher Part
Four: Experiencing Health and Illness Introduction 24. Lay Concepts of
Health 25. Pathways to the Doctor - From Person to Patient 26. Going to See
the Doctor 27. Managing Courtesy Stigma: The Case of Alzheimer's Disease
28. Researching Women's Health Work 29. The Body in Consumer Culture 30.
Containing the Body 31. A Good Enough Death