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    An introduction to the sociology of health and illness / Kevin White.

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    • Title:An introduction to the sociology of health and illness / Kevin White.
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    • Variant Title:Sociology of health and illness
    • Author/Creator:White, Kevin, 1955- author.
    • Published/Created:London : SAGE Publications Ltd, 2017.
      ©2017

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    • Library of Congress Subjects:Social medicine.
    • Medical Subjects: Sociology, Medical
      Disease
      Sociological Factors
      Health Knowledge, Attitudes, Practice
    • Edition:3rd edition.
    • Description:xi, 226 pages ; 25 cm
    • Summary:The bestselling An Introduction to the Sociology of Health and Illness has long been the go-to text for students looking for a clear, engaging and theoretically informed introduction to this dynamic topic. Written with a truly sociological and critical perspective, and thoroughly updated to include the latest cutting-edge thinking in the area, the new edition is packed with new empirical examples. Updates to content include: * A whole new section on Fleck, 'Thought Styles after Fleck' * A new section on 'Transformations of the Medical Profession'. Incorporating helpful learning features including chapter overviews, boxed cases, summaries and further reading, An Introduction to the Sociology of Health and Illness is a stimulating and thought-provoking essential text for students in health, nursing and sociology schools.
    • Notes:Includes bibliographical references and index.
    • ISBN:1473982073 hardcover
      9781473982079 hardcover
      1473982081 paperback
      9781473982086 paperback
    • Contents:Machine generated contents note: 1. Introduction
      Sociology, Genetics, Social Mobility and Lifestyle
      Sociological Perspective
      Postmodernity and Sociology
      Sociological Approaches to Health and Illness
      Political Economy and Marxist Approaches
      Parsonian Sociology of Health
      Foucault's Sociology of Health
      Feminist Approaches
      Bringing the Approaches Together
      Conclusion
      Summary
      Discussion Questions
      Further Reading
      2. Social Construction Of Medical Knowledge
      Making Reality Problematic: The Problem of the Medical Model of Disease
      Medical Knowledge Mediates Social Relations
      Masturbatory Insanity
      Hysteria
      Technical Realm of Medical Practice
      Medical Technology and Social Relations
      Sociology of Medical Knowledge
      Fleck and Representations
      Fleck's Sociology of Medical Knowledge
      Syphilis
      Anatomical Drawings
      Thought Styles After Fleck
      Fleck, Foucault and Kuhn
      Applying Fleck
      Conclusion
      Summary
      Discussion Questions
      Further Reading
      3. Development Of The Sociology Of Health
      Relationship Between Sociology and Medicine
      Medical Bias in the Sociology of Health
      Challenging Medicine
      Social Aspects of Disease
      - The Critique of the Medical Model
      Key Concepts in the Sociology of Health
      Concept of Medicalization
      Disease: Nature or Society?
      Medicalization and Women
      Social Functions of Medical Knowledge and Practice
      Development of Medicalization
      Case Study: Gambling
      Case Study: Alcoholism
      Developments in the Medical Profession
      Paediatrics
      Psychiatry
      Gerontology
      General Practice
      Characteristics of the Medicalization of Society
      Case Study: Learning Disabilities, Dyslexia and the Medicalization of the Classroom
      Assessing Medicalization
      Conclusion
      Summary
      Discussion Questions
      Further Reading
      4. Postmodernity, Epidemiology And Neo-Liberalism
      Postmodernity
      Liberalism and the Development of Neo-Liberalism in Health Policy
      Nineteenth and Early Twentieth Centuries
      Dismantling of Welfare and the Resurgence of Neo-Liberalism
      Epidemiology: The Early Foundations
      Limitations of the Risk Factor and Lifestyle Explanations
      Developing a Sociological Model of Disease: Disease Classified by Social Cause
      Epidemiology and Statistics
      Psychosocial Perspectives on Social Inequalities in Health
      Stress
      Social Support
      Social Drift Hypothesis
      Talking About the Diseased Self
      Community, Social Capital and Inequality
      Social Capital
      Social Capital or Income Inequality?
      Conclusion
      Summary
      Discussion Questions
      Further Reading
      5. Materialist Approaches To The Sociology Of Health
      What Causes Disease: The Materialist Explanation
      Occupation
      Diet
      Housing
      Case Study: Transformations in the Social Structure of Eastern Europe
      Class as Occupational Position
      Untangling Class and Socio-economic Status
      Structural Position as Socio-economic Status
      Classical Marxist Approach
      Political and Economic Functions of Medicine
      Medical Profession in a Marxist Analysis
      Modifications of Classical Marxism and Changes in Capitalism
      Changes in Class Theory and the Sociology of Health
      Transformations of the Medical Profession
      Technological Change
      Commodification
      Corporate Medicine
      Body, Social Structures and Bourdieu
      Conclusion
      Summary
      Discussion Questions
      Further Reading
      6. Parsons, American Sociology Of Medicine And The Sick Role
      Parsons and the Professions
      Diagnostic Variations
      Prescribing Activities
      Parsons: People Act Rather Than Behave
      Sick Role
      In Defence of the Sick Role
      Sickness and American Values
      End of the Golden Age of Doctoring
      Conclusion
      Summary
      Discussion Questions
      Further Reading
      7. Foucault And The Sociology Of Medical Knowledge
      Foucault: The Most General Picture
      Foucault's Sociology of Health
      Disciplines of Knowledge, Disciplines of Power: Power/Knowledge
      Foucault's History of Medicine
      Body
      Historical and Metaphorical Representations of the Body
      Foucault's Body
      Anatomico-Metaphysical Register of the Body
      Technico-Political Register of the Body
      Conclusion
      Summary
      Discussion Questions
      Further Reading
      8. Health, Gender And Feminism
      Why are there More Women Patients?
      Medicalization
      Are Women More Depressed than Men?
      Different Forms of Feminism
      Liberal Feminism
      Radical Feminism
      Marxist Feminism
      Patriarchal Science and Medicine
      Feminism and the Critique of Technology
      Case Study: Foucault and Feminism and the Body
      Bringing Out the Foucauldian-Feminist Position: Screening
      Men, Gender and Health
      Conclusion
      Summary
      Discussion Questions
      Further Reading
      9. Race, Ethnicity And Health
      Race
      Ethnicity
      Aboriginality, `Race' and Disease
      Racist Bias in Drug Trials
      Problems with the Appropriation of Ethnicity in Medical Explanations
      Genetic Explanation
      Appeal of the Genetic Explanation
      Sociological Critique of Genetics
      Conclusion
      Summary
      Discussion Questions
      Further Reading
      10. Conclusion
      Discussion Questions.
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