Contemporary health studies : an introduction /
by Louise Warwick-Booth, Ruth Cross, Diane Lowcock.
- Cambridge : Polity, 2012.
- 320 p.
Comprend des re�f. bibliogr. et un index.
[Table of Contents] Introduction. -- Part 1: Understanding and promoting health. -- 1. What is health?. -- 2. Contemporary Threats to Health. -- 3. Investigating health. -- Part 2: Disciplinary context. -- 4. Sociology. -- 5. Social anthropology and health. -- 6. Health Psychology. -- 7. Health Promotion. -- Part 3: Influences upon Health. -- 8. Individual Characteristics which influence health. -- 9. Community Characteristics and their influence upon health. -- 11. Policy Influences upon health. -- 12. The global context of health. -- 13. Synthesising Perspectives: Case Studies for Action. -- Glossary. -- References
An accessible introduction to all aspects of current debates surrounding the social-scientific dimensions of health, this book is divided into three sections which map out the field, examine its disciplinary underpinnings and then focus on specific determinants of health.
Health. Social medicine. Social medicine. Health. Public health & preventive medicine Economics Health and Wellbeing. Health. Social medicine. Health Status Indicators. Health Promotion. Socioeconomic Factors. Global Health.