Understanding the sociology of health
By: Anne-Marie Barry and Chris Yuill
Contributors: Yuill, Chris
Edition: 3rd ed.
Publisher: SAGE; SAGE Publications Ltd
Published: 2012
Place of publication: Los Angeles
Language: eng
Number of pages: 359
ISBN-13: 9781446201879; 9781446201886
Subjects: Medical Sociology; Social medicine
Notes: Previous ed.: 2008.

Includes bibliographical references (p. [332]-351) and index.
Table of contents: title: Theories, perspectives and concepts; title: Sociological theory: explaining and theorising; title: Concepts of health and medicine; title: Medical power and knowledge; title: Challenging medical dominance; title: Evidence and enquiry: an overview of sociological research; title: Key themes; title: Class and health; title: Ethnicity, race and health; title: Gender and health; title: Mental health; title: Sexualities and health / with Megan Todd; title: Sociology of the body: chronic illness and disability; title: Health, ageing and the life course; title: Contexts; title: Places of care; title: Health care in context / with Clare Swan and Pedro Morago; title: Brief social history of health and healing; title: Sport, health, exercise and the body; title: Death and dying.