Health, Illness and the Social Body - Peter E.S. Freund, Meredith B. McGuire
a critical sociology
KORTE INHOUD
For undergraduate courses in Sociology of Health and Illness, Medical Sociology, Medical Anthropology, Urban Studies, Social Medicine, and Nursing, this text presents a critical, holistic interpretation of health, illness, and human bodies that emphasizes power as a key social-structural factor in health and in societal responses to illness.
CONTENTS:
1. A sociological perspective on health, illness and the body
2. Who becomes sick, injured, or dies?
3. The material foundations of health and illness
4. Mind, body and society
5. Social organization, health and illness
6. The social meanings of sickness
7. The illness experience
8. Seeking health and help
9. The social construction of medical knowledge
10.Modern biomedicine: knowledge and practice
11.Stratifaction and power in health care systems
12.Economic interests and power in healthcare
Appendix A: Literature in the sociology of health
Appendix B: Visual resources
Appendix C: Bibliography
Subject index.
CONTENTS:
1. A sociological perspective on health, illness and the body
2. Who becomes sick, injured, or dies?
3. The material foundations of health and illness
4. Mind, body and society
5. Social organization, health and illness
6. The social meanings of sickness
7. The illness experience
8. Seeking health and help
9. The social construction of medical knowledge
10.Modern biomedicine: knowledge and practice
11.Stratifaction and power in health care systems
12.Economic interests and power in healthcare
Appendix A: Literature in the sociology of health
Appendix B: Visual resources
Appendix C: Bibliography
Subject index.
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