Lecture notes.
By: Andrew Russell.
Publisher: Wiley-Blackwell
Published: 2009
Place of publication: Hoboken, NJ
Language: eng
Number of pages: 232
ISBN-13: 9781405139120
Subjects: Social medicine; Social Medicine
Other titles: Social basis of medicine
Notes: Includes bibliographical references.
Table of contents: title: Introduction : the social basis of medicine; title: Beliefs about health, ill-health, and the body; title: Health and health care in the popular sector; title: Health and health care in the professional sector : Western biomedicine; title: Health and health care in the folk sector : complementary and alternative medicine; title: The consultation; title: Health inequalities; title: Sex and gender, race and ethnicity in health and health care; title: Mental health, illness and health care; title: Disability and society; title: Promoting health; title: Chronic illness; title: Death and dying; title: International health.