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An Introduction to the sociology of health and illness / Kevin White

By: Material type: TextTextPublication details: Los Angeles : SAGE, 2009Edition: 2nd edDescription: x, 204 p. ; 25 cmISBN:
  • 9781412918787
  • 1412918782
  • 9781412918794 (pbk.)
  • 1412918790 (pbk.)
Other title:
  • Sociology of health and illness
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 306.461 22
LOC classification:
  • RA418 WHI
NLM classification:
  • 2009 B-093
  • WA 31
Contents:
Introduction -- The social construction of medical knowledge -- The development of the sociology of health -- Postmodernity, epidemiology and neo-liberalism -- Materialist approaches to the sociology of health -- Parsons, American sociology of medicine and the sick role -- Foucault and the sociology of medical knowledge -- Health, gender and feminism -- Race, ethnicity and health -- Conclusion
Summary: Kevin White argues that a range of sociological causes are behind much illness. The author's study shows how the dynamics of class, gender and ethnicity are inextricably linked to health and illness in modern societies
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Open Shelf Books Open Shelf Books Main Library -University of Zimbabwe Main Library Stack Room 4 Open Shelf RA418 WHI (Browse shelf(Opens below)) 2 Available 36200005738

Includes bibliographical references (p. [174]-199) and index

Introduction -- The social construction of medical knowledge -- The development of the sociology of health -- Postmodernity, epidemiology and neo-liberalism -- Materialist approaches to the sociology of health -- Parsons, American sociology of medicine and the sick role -- Foucault and the sociology of medical knowledge -- Health, gender and feminism -- Race, ethnicity and health -- Conclusion

Kevin White argues that a range of sociological causes are behind much illness. The author's study shows how the dynamics of class, gender and ethnicity are inextricably linked to health and illness in modern societies

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