The Handbook of Social Studies in Health and Medicine
Contributors: Gary L. Albrecht (Editor); Ray Fitzpatrick (Editor); Susan C Scrimshaw (Editor)
Publisher: Sage Publications Ltd
Published: November 8, 1999
Language: eng
Format: Hardcover
Number of pages: 546
ISBN-13: 9780761956174
Subjects: Health systems & services; Sociology, Social Studies; Sociology Of Medicine; Nursing - General; Public Health (General); Medical; Consumer Health; Sociology - General; Research; Public Health; Health Care Issues; Social Science / Sociology / General
First sentence: Concepts of health and illness stand at the core of the social values of human society because they give expression to many of our fundamental assumptions about the meaning of life and death.