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An introduction to the sociology of health and illness /

by White, Kevin, Ph. D.
Material type: materialTypeLabelBookPublisher: Los Angeles : SAGE, 2009Edition: 2nd ed.Description: x, 204 p. ; 25 cm.ISBN: 9781412918787 (hbk.); 1412918782; 9781412918794 (pbk.); 1412918790 (pbk.).Other title: Sociology of health and illness.Subject(s): Sociology, Medical -- methods | Health Knowledge, Attitudes, Practice | Socioeconomic Factors | Social medicine | Australian
Contents:
Introduction -- The social construction of medical knowledge -- The development of the sociology of health -- Postmodernity, epidemiology and neo-liberalism -- Materialist approaches to the sociology of health -- Parsons, American sociology of medicine and the sick role -- Foucault and the sociology of medical knowledge -- Health, gender and feminism -- Race, ethnicity and health -- Conclusion.
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Includes bibliographical references (p. [174]-199) and index.

Introduction -- The social construction of medical knowledge -- The development of the sociology of health -- Postmodernity, epidemiology and neo-liberalism -- Materialist approaches to the sociology of health -- Parsons, American sociology of medicine and the sick role -- Foucault and the sociology of medical knowledge -- Health, gender and feminism -- Race, ethnicity and health -- Conclusion.

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