The sociology of health and illness /
Nettleton, Sarah, 1960-
The sociology of health and illness / Health and illness Sociology of health & illness Sarah Nettleton. - Cambridge [England] ; Cambridge, MA : Polity Press, 1995. - ix, 298 p. : ill. ; 23 cm.
Includes bibliographical references (p. [254]-289) and index.
1.Introduction: The changing domains of the sociology of health and illness -- 2.The social construction of medical knowledge -- 3.Lay health beliefs, lifestyles and risk -- 4.The experience of chronic illness and disability -- 5.The sociology of the body -- 6.The sociology of lay-professional interactions -- 7.Social inequalities and health status -- 8.Late modernism and the changing social relations of formal health care work -- 9.Sociological analyses of contemporary developments in UK Health Policy: a new paradigm for health care.
0745608949 (pbk. : acidfree paper) 0745608930 (hardcover : acid-free paper)
94023745
Social medicine.
Social medicine--Great Britain.
Sociology, Medical--Great Britain.
Health Sociology
306.461 NET
The sociology of health and illness / Health and illness Sociology of health & illness Sarah Nettleton. - Cambridge [England] ; Cambridge, MA : Polity Press, 1995. - ix, 298 p. : ill. ; 23 cm.
Includes bibliographical references (p. [254]-289) and index.
1.Introduction: The changing domains of the sociology of health and illness -- 2.The social construction of medical knowledge -- 3.Lay health beliefs, lifestyles and risk -- 4.The experience of chronic illness and disability -- 5.The sociology of the body -- 6.The sociology of lay-professional interactions -- 7.Social inequalities and health status -- 8.Late modernism and the changing social relations of formal health care work -- 9.Sociological analyses of contemporary developments in UK Health Policy: a new paradigm for health care.
0745608949 (pbk. : acidfree paper) 0745608930 (hardcover : acid-free paper)
94023745
Social medicine.
Social medicine--Great Britain.
Sociology, Medical--Great Britain.
Health Sociology
306.461 NET