Key Concepts in Medical Sociology

Name: Key Concepts in Medical Sociology
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ISBN: 9780857024787

ISBN-10: 0857024787

ISBN-13: 9780857024787

Edition: 2nd 2013

Authors: Jonathan Gabe, Lee F. Monaghan

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How do we understand health in relation to society? What role does culture play in shaping our experiences of, and orientation to, health and illness? How do we understand medicine and medical treatment within a sociological framework? Medical sociology is a dynamic and complex field of study, comprising many concepts which students sometimes find difficult to grasp. This title manages to successfully elucidate this conceptual terrain. The text systematically explains the key concepts that have preoccupied medical sociologists from its inception and which have shaped the field as it exists today. Thoroughly revised and updated, this second edition: • provides a systematic and accessible…

Book details

List price: $29.99
Edition: 2nd
Copyright year: 2013
Publisher: SAGE Publications, Limited
Publication date: 3/22/2013
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 256
Size: 6.75" wide x 9.50" long x 0.60" tall
Weight: 0.990
Language: English



About the Authors


Introduction



Social Patterning of Health


Social Class



Gender



Ethnicity



Place



Material and Cultural Factors



Psychosocial Factors



Life Events



Neoliberal Globalization and Health Inequalities



Ageing and the Lifecourse



Social Capital




Experience of Health and Illness


Medicalization



Illness and Health-Related Behaviour



Stigma



Embodiment



Emotions



Chronic Illness



Disability



Illness Narratives



Risk



The Sick Role



Practitioner-Client Relationships



Quality of Life



Awareness Contexts




Health, Knowledge and Practice


Medical Model



Social Constructionism



Lay Knowledge



Reproduction



Medical Technologies



eHealth



Geneticization



Bioethics



Surveillance and Health Promotion




Health Work and the Division of Labour


Medical Autonomy, Dominance and Decline



Trust in Medicine



Nursing and Midwifery as Occupations



Social Divisions in Formal Health Care



Health Professional Migration



Complementary and Alternative Medicine



Emotional Labour



Informal Care




Health Care Organization and Policy


Hospitals and Health Care Organizations



Privatization



Managerialism



Consumerism



Citizenship and Health



Social Movements and Health



Medicines Regulation



Evaluation



Malpractice