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Social causes of health and disease / William C. Cockerham.

By: Contributor(s): Material type: TextTextPublication details: Cambridge : Polity, 2013.Edition: Second editionDescription: vii, 255 pages ; 23 cmISBN:
  • 9780745661209 (pbk.) :
  • 074566119X (hardback)
  • 0745661203
  • 9780745661209 (paperback)
  • 9780745661193 (hardback)
  • 0745661203 (paperback)
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 306.461 COC
LOC classification:
  • RA418 .C658 2013
Contents:
1. The Social Causation of Health and Disease -- 2. Theorizing about Health and Disease -- 3. Health Lifestyles -- 4. The Power of Class -- 5. Class and Health: Explaining the Relationship -- 6. Age, Gender, and Race/Ethnicity as Structural Variables -- 7. Living Conditions and Neighborhood Disadvantage -- 8. Health and Social Capital.
Summary: William Cockerham assesses the evidence that social factors have direct causal effects on health and many diseases. He argues that stress, poverty, unhealthy lifestyles and unpleasant living and work conditions can all be directly associated with illness.
Holdings
Item type Current library Call number Copy number Status Date due Barcode
Long Loan TUS: Midlands, Main Library Athlone Nursing Collection 306.461 COC (Browse shelf(Opens below)) 1 Available 216206
Short Loan TUS: Midlands, Main Library Athlone Nursing Collection 306.461 COC (Browse shelf(Opens below)) 1 Available 216207
Long Loan TUS: Midlands, Main Library Athlone General Lending 306.461 COC (Browse shelf(Opens below)) 1 Available 216208

Previous edition: 2007.

Includes bibliographical references (pages 208-241) and index.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

1. The Social Causation of Health and Disease -- 2. Theorizing about Health and Disease -- 3. Health Lifestyles -- 4. The Power of Class -- 5. Class and Health: Explaining the Relationship -- 6. Age, Gender, and Race/Ethnicity as Structural Variables -- 7. Living Conditions and Neighborhood Disadvantage -- 8. Health and Social Capital.

William Cockerham assesses the evidence that social factors have direct causal effects on health and many diseases. He argues that stress, poverty, unhealthy lifestyles and unpleasant living and work conditions can all be directly associated with illness.

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