Health
By: Peter Aggleton
Series: Society now
Publisher: Routledge
Published: 1990
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 159
ISBN-13: 9780203449912
Subjects: Social medicine; SOCIAL SCIENCE; Anthropology; Cultural; POLITICAL SCIENCE; Public Policy; Cultural Policy; Popular Culture
Description: A comprehensive, accessible introduction to the sociology of health and illness. Aggleton contrasts bio-medical and sociological perspectives, linking these with their implications for health care and policy.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Book Cover; Title; Contents; List of illustrations; Preface; Defining health; Measuring health; Explaining health; Social-positivist explanations; Interactionist explanations; Structuralist explanations; Perspectives on health policy; References; Index.