Health Matters
Subtitle: A Sociology of Illness, Prevention and Care
Contributors: Alan Petersen (Editor); Charles Waddell (Editor)
Publisher: Open University Press
Published: October 1998
Language: eng
Format: Hardcover
Number of pages: 370
ISBN-13: 9780335202614
Subjects: Anthropology; Elderly; Public health & preventive medicine; Social issues; Social welfare & social services; Public Health (Specific Aspects); Sociology Of Medicine; Social Science; Sociology; General; Sociology - General
First sentence: The need to examine the social context of differences in health status is a widely accepted tenet nowadays.