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Understanding the sociology of health / Anne-Marie Barry and Chris Yuill.

By: Material type: TextTextPublication details: Los Angeles : SAGE, 2012.Edition: 3rd edDescription: xvi, 359 p. : ill., map ; 24 cmISBN:
  • 9781446201879 (hbk.)
  • 1446201872 (hbk.)
  • 9781446201886 (pbk.)
  • 1446201880 (pbk.)
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 306.461 23
Contents:
Theories, perspectives and concepts -- Sociological theory: explaining and theorising -- Concepts of health and medicine -- Medical power and knowledge -- Challenging medical dominance -- Evidence and enquiry: an overview of sociological research -- Key themes -- Class and health -- Ethnicity, race and health -- Gender and health -- Mental health -- Sexualities and health / with Megan Todd -- Sociology of the body: chronic illness and disability -- Health, ageing and the life course -- Contexts -- Places of care -- Health care in context / with Clare Swan and Pedro Morago -- Brief social history of health and healing -- Sport, health, exercise and the body -- Death and dying.
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Holdings
Item type Current library Call number Copy number Status Date due Barcode Item holds
Books Books Library, Independent University, Bangladesh (IUB) Available at Centre for Social Science Research 306.461 B279u 2012 (Browse shelf(Opens below)) 01 Not For Loan 023027
Total holds: 0

Previous ed.: 2008.

Includes bibliographical references (p. [332]-351) and index.

Theories, perspectives and concepts -- Sociological theory: explaining and theorising -- Concepts of health and medicine -- Medical power and knowledge -- Challenging medical dominance -- Evidence and enquiry: an overview of sociological research -- Key themes -- Class and health -- Ethnicity, race and health -- Gender and health -- Mental health -- Sexualities and health / with Megan Todd -- Sociology of the body: chronic illness and disability -- Health, ageing and the life course -- Contexts -- Places of care -- Health care in context / with Clare Swan and Pedro Morago -- Brief social history of health and healing -- Sport, health, exercise and the body -- Death and dying.